Late effects of 2.2 GeV protons on the central nervous system.Investigation of late pathological effects of high-energy (2.2 GeV) protons on the brain of rabbits, in a postirradiation period of up to 16 months following exposure at fluxes of 30, 100, and 1000 billion protons per sq cm. At the latter two irradiation-intensity levels, the kinds of brain lesions inflicted include large venous dilatation, thickening of vessel walls with deposit of amorphous PAS positive substance, thrombosis, perivascular infiltration of leukocytes and macrophages, mobilization of microglia cells, gliosis, demyelinization, and multiple small pseudocyst formation.
Document ID
19720028390
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Lippincott, S. W. (Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Va.; Ulm, Universitat, Ulm, Germany)
Calvo, W. (Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton,N.Y., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1971
Subject Category
Biosciences
Report/Patent Number
CERN-71-16
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Congress on Protection Against Accelerator and Space Radiation