NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF ACUTE STRESS AND LOW DOSES OF IONIZING RADIATION ON HUMAN BRAIN.

Objective: to study the clinical and neurophysiological features in the Chornobyl clean-up workers with a verified chronic cerebrovascular disease/cerebral small vessels disease (SVD) exposed to low doses of ionizing radiation (IR), employees of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (SSE ChNPP), who were exposed to the stress factor of a full-scale war as a result of being held captive by the Russian military at their workplaces, and individuals of the non-irradiated comparison group.Design, object and methods. A cross-sectional clinical study with parallel external control groups.

PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS, COMPLICATIONS, MISCONCEPTIONS AND DEBATABLE ISSUES OF IODINE PROPHYLAXIS IN RADIATION EVENTS (REVIEW).

Unlabelled: Prerequisite. Since the advent of nuclear energy, industry and weapons, a possibility of radiation events i.e.

BRAIN AND EYE AS POTENTIAL TARGETS FOR IONIZING RADIATION IMPACT. PART III / FEATURES MORPHOMETRIC RETINAL PARAMETERS, AMPLITUDE AND LATENCY COMPONENTS OF VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL IN RADIATION EXPOSED IN UTERO.

Unlabelled: One of the current problems of modern radiobiology is determine the characteristics of the manifestation of radiation-induced effects not only at different dose loads, but also at different stages of development of the organism. In previous reports, we have summarized available evidence that at certain ages there is a comparative acceleration of radiation-induced pathological changes in the eye and brain, and the study and assessment of the risk of possible ophthalmic and neurological pathology in remote periods after contamination of radioactive areas. Data of irradiated in utero individuals are possible on the basis of observation of the state of the visual analyzer in persons who underwent intrauterine irradiation in 1986.

BRAIN AND EYE AS POTENTIAL TARGETS FOR IONIZING RADIATION IMPACT: PART II - RADIATION CEREBRO/OPHTALMIC EFFECTS IN CHILDREN, PERSONS EXPOSED IN UTERO, ASTRONAUTS AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGISTS.

Background: Ionizing radiation (IR) can affect the brain and the visual organ even at low doses, while provoking cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and visual disorders. We proposed to consider the brain and the visual organ as potential targets for the influence of IR with the definition of cerebro-ophthalmic relationships as the «eye-brain axis».

Objective: The present work is a narrative review of current experimental, epidemiological and clinical data on radiation cerebro-ophthalmic effects in children, individuals exposed in utero, astronauts and interventional radiologists.

DIFFUSION TENSOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN BRAIN WHITE MATTER IN SMALL VESSEL DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND IONIZING RADIATION.

Objective: to determine the early signs of structural changes in brain white matter in small vessel disease associated with arterial hypertension and exposure to ionizing radiation using DTI-MRI.

Materials And Methods: 45 patients (mean age (57.56 ± 6.