Biological effects of high-energy neutrons measured in vivo using a vertebrate model

Radiation Research

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 473-480

  Kuhne, Wendy W ^a,b   Gersey, Brad B ^c   Wilkins, Richard ^c   Wu, Honglu ^d   Wender, Stephen A ^e   George, Varghese ^b   Dynan, William S ^a  

^a Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics   (Australia)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; EYE; GAMMA RADIATION; HIGH ENERGY PHOSPHATE; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUSCLE TISSUE; NEUTRON RADIATION; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SURVIVAL RATE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOASSAY; CYTOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; NEUTRON; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL;

ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE; VERTEBRATA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLES; NEUTRONS; ORYZIAS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 70350719670     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1556.1     Document Type: Article

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