Evidence for Direct Stimulation of the Mammalian Nervous System with Ionizing Radiation | Zendy

EDWARD LIVINGSTON HUNT | Zendy; D. J. Kimeldorf | Zendy

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Evidence for Direct Stimulation of the Mammalian Nervous System with Ionizing Radiation

Author(s) -

EDWARD LIVINGSTON HUNT,

D. J. Kimeldorf

Publication year - 1962

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.137.3533.857

Subject(s) - ionizing radiation , stimulation , nervous system , arousal , central nervous system , neuroscience , irradiation , medicine , physiology , biology , physics , nuclear physics

Exposure to x-rays of low intensity immediately arouses the sleeping rat. Activation of the central nervous system, indicated by behavioral and heart rate responses, depends upon the rat but not the dose of exposure. The arousal reaction is not dependent upon direct visual stimulation. The nervous system is probably directly sensitive to ionizing radiation.

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