Hippocampal Neuron Number Is Unchanged 1 Year After Fractionated Whole-Brain Irradiation at Middle Age

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 526-532

  Shi, Lei ^a   Molina, Doris P ^a   Robbins, Michael E ^b   Wheeler, Kenneth T ^b   Brunso Bechtold, Judy K ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fischer 344 X Brown Norway rats; Fractionated WBI; Hippocampus; Middle age; Neuron number

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN; IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TUMORS;

FRACTIONATED WBI; HIPPOCAMPUS; MIDDLE AGE; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE INTEGRITY; TOTAL NEURON NUMBERS; WHOLE BRAIN IRRADIATION;

NEURONS;

CESIUM 137; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL COUNT; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GAMMA RADIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; STEREOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CESIUM ISOTOPES; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43049170022     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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