PERFORMANCE OF THE MONKEY FOLLOWING MULTIPLE, SUPRALETHAL PULSES OF RADIATION.

Abstract

Fourteen male monkeys (Macaca mulatta) were trained to perform a visual discrimination task by shock avoidance conditioning. Each animal was exposed to two pulses of radiation separated in time by 6 hours. The total midline tissue dose was approximately 5000 rads. Performance following the second 2500-rad pulse was significantly better than performance following the first pulse. Performance following the second pulse was also significantly better than the performance of a group of animals exposed to a single 4500-rad pulse. Survival time of these two groups was not significantly different. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0698481

Entities

Organizations

  • Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Discrimination
  • Radiation
  • Social Problems
  • Survival

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.