Mitochondrial megaconia and pleioconia in the rat brain as possible adaptive reactions in conditions of lethal radiation and radiomodified lesions

• Published in: Neuroscience and behavioral physiology Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 497 - 501
• Main Authors: Zabolotskii, N N, Onishchenko, L S, Galeev, I S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2000
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; Animals; Brain - pathology; Brain - radiation effects; Brain - ultrastructure; Cerebellum - pathology; Cerebellum - radiation effects; Cerebellum - ultrastructure; Cerebral Cortex - pathology; Cerebral Cortex - radiation effects; Cerebral Cortex - ultrastructure; Hypoxia, Brain - complications; Hypoxia, Brain - pathology; Male; megaconia; Mitochondria - pathology; Mitochondria - radiation effects; Nerve Fibers, Myelinated - pathology; Nerve Fibers, Myelinated - radiation effects; Neurons - pathology; Neurons - radiation effects; Neurons - ultrastructure; pleioconia; Radiation Injuries, Experimental - complications; Radiation Injuries, Experimental - pathology; Radiation, Ionizing; Rats; Sleep Deprivation; Somatosensory Cortex - pathology; Somatosensory Cortex - radiation effects; Somatosensory Cortex - ultrastructure; Whole-Body Irradiation
• ISSN: 0097-0549; 1573-899X
• DOI: 10.1007/BF02462605

The literature available to us contained no descriptions of mitochondrial pleioconia or megaconia in the brain in conditions of exposure to ionizing radiation; this was the aim of the present work.