Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy to the rat hippocampus: Determination of dose response and tolerance

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 183, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 440-446

  Ernst Stecken, Antje ^a,b   Jeske, Ina ^a   Hess, Andreas ^a   Rödel, Franz ^a   Ganslandt, Oliver ^a   Grabenbauer, Gerhard ^a   Sauer, Rolf ^a   Brune, Kai ^a   Blümcke, Ingmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Hypofractionated therapy; Novalis System; Rat brain; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; IMMERSION; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSURGERY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOSURGERY; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547812042     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-007-1715-0     Document Type: Article

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