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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00084/full |