Retrograde Amnesia in Rats, Produced by Electron Beam Exposure.

Abstract

It has been demonstrated that electron beam exposure produces retrograde amnesia (RA). RA production was evaluated using a single trial avoidance task across a 10,000 dose range for 10 microseconds, 1 microsecond, and 0.1 microseconds pulsed exposures. The dose-response curve obtained at each pulse duration showed significant RA production. The most effective dose range was 0.1-10 rads at a dose rate of 1 million rad/sec. Our conclusion was that the RA effect might be due to sensory system activation which provided a novel stimulus that masked previous stimuli (produced RA).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA126870

Entities

People

  • Dennis W. Blick
  • Kenneth A. Hardy
  • Thomas G. Wheeler

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amnesia
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Dose Rate
  • Dosimeters
  • Dosimetry
  • Electron Accelerators
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Experimental Design
  • Information Science
  • Ionization
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Measurement
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Stress (Physiology)

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Physics

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics