Skip to main content
OSTI.GOVU.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
 

A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF A SINGLE FAST NEUTRON DOSE ON THE TESTES OF MICE AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME DOSE ADMINISTERED IN FRACTIONS (in Russian)

Journal Article · · Doklady Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R.
OSTI ID:4006093
; ;
Male white mice were subjected to a fast neutron dose of 100 rads to the whole body in one single dose and in four separate daily doses of 25 rads each. The mice were killed at 2, 7, 21, 35, 49 and 70 days after irradiation, and the testes were weighed and subjected to histological examination. The effects of the single dose and of the fractionated dose on the weight loss of the testes are identical. There is a significant weight loss of the testes that reaches a maximum on the 35th day sfter irradiation. However, the weight loss of the spleen is lower with the fractionated dose than it is with the single dose. The histological examination of the testes involved fixation and staining of sections 6 mu thick. A count of various types of embryonic cells present in 100 ducts of the middle of the section showed that fast neutrons are sbout 5 times more harmful than x-rays, but no differences could be detected in the damage caused by a single dose as compared to a fractionated dose. Irradiation of the testes with fast neutrons leads to a gradual disappearance of the younger embryonic cells or spermatogonia. (TTT)
Research Organization:
Inst. of Genetics, Academy of Sciences, USSR
NSA Number:
NSA-15-019166
OSTI ID:
4006093
Journal Information:
Doklady Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Journal Name: Doklady Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. Vol. Vol: 137
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
Russian

Similar Records

Effects of fast neutrons on spermatogenesis of the fish, Oryzias latipes. [X radiation]
Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1977 · Radiat. Res.; (United States) · OSTI ID:7110122
COMPARISON OF THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF FAST NEUTRONS AND X-RADIATION ON THE GONADS OF MICE
Journal Article · Fri Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 1963 · Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (U.S.S.R.) English translation currently published in a number of subject-oriented journals · OSTI ID:4695096
THE EFFECT OF X-RAY IRRADIATION DURING VARIOUS PERIODS OF EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT ON THE TESTICLES OF THE SEXUALLY-MATURE MOUSE
Journal Article · Tue Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 1962 · Doklady Akad. Nauk SSSR · OSTI ID:4784818

Related Subjects

ANIMAL CELLS
BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
EMBRYOS
FAST NEUTRONS
GLANDS
GONADS
MICE
RADIATION INJURIES
SPLEEN
X RADIATION