Neurobehavioral effects of head-only gamma-radiation exposure in rats

Radiation Research

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 292-298

  Hienz, Robert D ^a   Brady, Joseph V ^a,b   Gooden, Virginia L ^a   Vazquez, Marcelo E ^c,d   Weed, Michael R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Institutes for Behavior Resources   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d National Space Biomedical Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GAMMA RADIATION; HEAD; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; REACTION TIME; REACTIVE INHIBITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 51649083785     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1222.1     Document Type: Article

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