Radiofrequency-radiation exposure does not induce detectable leakage of albumin across the blood-brain barrier

Radiation Research

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 615-621

  McQuade, Jill M S ^a   Merritt, James H ^a   Miller, Stephanie A ^a   Scholin, Terri ^a   Cook, Michael C ^a   Salazar, Alexander ^b   Rahimi, Omid B ^c   Murphy, Michael R ^a   Mason, Patrick A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALBUMINOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; ANIMAL; FISCHER 344 RAT; RADIATION DOSE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 67650686821     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1507.1     Document Type: Article

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