LOW-LEVEL X-IRRADIATION OF THE BRAIN DURING DEVELOPMENT:MORPHOLOGICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES

摘要

The two major research accomplishment of this laboratory in the past year have been the completion of a large-scale ultrastructural study of the postnatal development of the cerebellar cortex in the normal rat. This was followed by an ultrastructural examination of the effects of selective exposure of the cerebellum to different schedules of low-level X-ray. We continued with the behavioral assessment of the motor deficits produced in the irradiated animals, and comparisons were made with other treatments that lead to the retardation of cerebellar and motor development.