LONG-TERM AFTEREFFECTS OF RADIATION ON TH E NERVOUS-SYSTEM

Citation
Nb. Kholodova et al., LONG-TERM AFTEREFFECTS OF RADIATION ON TH E NERVOUS-SYSTEM, Zurnal nevropatologii i psihiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova, 96(5), 1996, pp. 29-33
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Pathology,"Clinical Neurology
ISSN journal
00444588
Volume
96
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
29 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-4588(1996)96:5<29:LAOROT>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Clinical, neuropsychologic, neurophysiologic as well as neuromorpholog ic (In letal cases) examinations of Chernobyl liquidators were perform ed. In addition, the study was made of the monkeys exposed to 1,5 Gy r adiation. The results obtained testified to the organic character of c erebral damages. They may be characterised as chronic progressive disc irculatory-hypoxic syndrome in which disorders of vascular permeabilit y ware expressed and dystrophic destructive irreversible alterations o f nervous cells occurred.