Differential Effects of Multiple and Single Irradiations Upon the Primate Equilibrium Function.
Abstract
The Primate Equilibrium Platform (PEP) was utilized in an experiment at White Sands Missile Range, N. Mex., to determine the behavioral effects of single versus multiple irradiations. Eight trained primates (Macaca mulatta) were exposed to a single 1,500-rad pulse, and their performance was compared with the responses of a second group of 8 comparably trained primates receiving three 500-rad pulses spaced 1 hour apart. The subjects receiving multiple 500-rad pulses performed without appreciable change throughout the 20-hour postirradiation observation period, whereas those receiving the single 1,500-rad dose exhibited varying degrees of performance decrement. It was concluded that fractionation of dose within the limits explored herein had a definite mediating effect upon primate response to irradiation. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0722058
Entities
People
- Donald J. Barnes
- G. Carroll Brown
- Zane M. Fractor
Organizations
- United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine