PROFOUND AND SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC EFFECTS OF CLINICALLY-RELEVANT LOW DOSE SCATTER IRRADIATION ON THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Irradiated cells can signal damage and distress to both close and distant neighbors that have not been directly exposed to the radiation (naïve bystanders). While studies have shown that such bystander effects occur in the shielded brain of animals upon body irradiation, their mechanism remains unex...

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Main Authors: Anna eKovalchuk, Richelle eMychasiuk, Arif eMuhammad, Shakhawat eHossain, Yaroslav eIlnytskyy, Abhijit eGhose, Charles eKirkby, Esmaeel eGhasroddashti, Bryan eKolb, Olga eKovalchuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00084/full