Early brain response to low-dose radiation exposure involves molecular networks and pathways associated with cognitive functions, advanced aging and alzheimer's disease /

Míreanna Comhchosúla

• Alterations in glutamate uptake in NT2-derived neurons and astrocytes after exposure to gamma radiation /
• Transient inflammation in neurogenic regions after irradiation of the developing brain /
• Effects of the AT1 receptor antagonist L-158,809 on microglia and neurogenesis after fractionated whole-brain irradiation /
• Early alterations in cytokine expression in adult compared to developing lung in mice after radiation exposure /
• Antioxidant diet supplementation starting 24 hours after exposure reduces radiation lethality /