Effects of ionizing radiation on the mammalian brain

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 770, Issue , 2016, Pages 219-230

  Hladik, Daniela ^a   Tapio, Soile ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Cognitive impairment; Inflammation; Ionizing radiation; Neurogenesis; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RISK; CELL ACTIVATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; GLIA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION INJURIES;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 84995970262     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: 13882139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2016.08.003     Document Type: Article

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