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Effect of negative pi mesons on vascular permeability of brain in neonatal rats

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Neonatal rats and their radiation-induced cerebral petechial hemorrhages were used as an experimental system for evaluating the effects of negative pions on healthy tissue and especially on the microvasculature. Dose response curves for peak and plateau pions (dose range 150–250 rad and 100–400 rad, respectively) were obtained and compared with those of 200 kV X-rays of corresponding dose rates. The RBE of the peak pions was 1.1, that of the plateau pions 0.6 resulting in a peak/plateau ratio of 1.8. Implications were made as to the importance of this favorable peak/plateau relationship since the response of the capillary endothelium to pion-irradiation might be one of the limiting factors in radiotherapy.

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  1. Strahlenbiologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, August Forel-Straße 7, CH-8029, Zürich, Switzerland

    R. Landolt, D. Arn, H. Blattmann, I. Cordt & H. Fritz-Niggli

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Landolt, R., Arn, D., Blattmann, H. et al. Effect of negative pi mesons on vascular permeability of brain in neonatal rats. Radiat Environ Biophys 16, 303–308 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01358295

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