Low (20 cGy) doses of 1 GeV/u 56Fe-particle radiation lead to a persistent reduction in the spatial learning ability of rats

Radiation Research

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-151

  Britten, Richard A ^a   Davis, Leslie K ^a   Johnson, Angela M ^a   Keeney, Sonia ^a   Siegel, Andrew ^a   Sanford, Larry D ^a   Singletary, Sylvia J ^b   Lonart, Gyrgy ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Veterinary Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARNES MAZE TEST; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GALACTIC COSMIC RADIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; X RAY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84856415286     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2637.1     Document Type: Article

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