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Quantitation of heavy ion damage to the mammalian brain - Some preliminary findingsFor several years, studies have been conducted regarding late effects of particulate radiations in mammalian tissues, taking into account the brains of rodents and lagomorphs. Recently, it has become feasible to quantify pathological damage and morpho-physiologic alterations accurately in large numbers of histological specimens. New investigative procedures make use of computer-assisted automated image analysis systems. Details regarding the employed methodology are discussed along with the results of the information. The radiations of high linear energy transfer (LET) cause apparently earlier and more dramatic shrinkage of olfactory glomeruli in exposed rabbit brains than comparable doses of Co-60 gamma photons.
Document ID
19850052154
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Cox, A. B.
(Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Kraft, L. M.
(NASA Ames Research Center Biomedical Research Div., Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Graz, Austria, June 25-July 7, 1984) Advances in Space Research
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
85A34305
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NIH-AG-00005
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-9045
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-06-002-128
Distribution Limits
Public
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