The effect of ionizing radiation on lipid peroxidation in rat blood

In experiments with 5-6 month male rats it was shown that whole-body gamma-irradiation (0.5 and 1.0 Gy) caused changes in the system of the antioxidant defence of the organism, the status of which influenced the intensity of lipid peroxidation in the blood.     

The effect of ionizing radiation at superhigh dosages on the ATP content in the rat brain

The ATP content of rat brain was shown to decrease considerably (20-60%) during the first minutes following high-energy electron irradiation with doses of 300 and 500 Gy. A transient nature of changes and a more pronounced decrease in ATP with increasing radiation dose and manifest neurologic disturbances indicate that the energy metabolism is involved in the pathogenesis of early neurologic disturbances in animals.     

The effect of ionizing radiation on the binding of muscimol by synaptic membranes in the rat brain

A study was made of the effect of gamma-radiation on binding of muscimol, a GABA agonist, by synaptic membranes of rat brain cortex. Exposure to 2 Gy radiation was shown to reduce [3H]-muscimol binding to membranes.