[Long-term pathomorphologic changes in the neurons of the rat brain following irradiation with carbon ions and gamma...

Quantitative and qualitative morphological changes in neurons and glia of rat brain were studied one month after exposure to accelerated carbon ions 4 GeV/nucleon (LET-76 MeV cm2.r-1) and gamma-radiation (137Cs, 0.25 to 4.0 Gy). There were certain peculiarities in the structural changes induced by the effect of carbon ions that possessed a higher relative biological effectiveness.