Effects of Radioprotective Agents on Foot Deformities and Gait Defects in the Prenatally X-Irradiated Rat.

Journal Article · Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1962 · Experimental Biology and Medicine

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-111-27802· OSTI ID:4776238

Ershoff, B. H.; Steers, C. W.; Kruger, L.

The radioprotective agents AET, cysteamine, and MEG largely prevented the occurrence of foot deformities and a defect in gait in the young of rats exposed to a single dose of 150 r total-body x irradiation on the 14th day og pregnancy'. These substances also prevented in part the occurrence of an abnormality in development of the cerebral hemispheres of such young but were without significant effect in altering an attendant reduction in the ratio of brain to body weight.

• Research Organization: Western Biological Labs., Culver City, Calif. and Univ. of California, Los Angeles
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-17-001316
• OSTI ID: 4776238
• Journal Information: Experimental Biology and Medicine, Vol. 111, Issue 2; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63; ISSN 1535-3702
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
AET
AMINO ACIDS
BODY
BRAIN
CYSTEINE
GENETICS
MALFORMATIONS
MEG
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
PREGNANCY
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
QUANTITY RATIO
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION PROTECTION
RATS
SOLUTIONS
STANDARDS
TESTING
URANIUM
WEIGHT
X RADIATION