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Title THE BIOELECTRICAL RESPONSE OF THE INSECT EYE TO BETA RADIATION
Creator/Author Smith, J.C. ; Kimeldorf, D.J.
Publication Date1963 Nov 29
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 4075097
Report Number(s)USNRDL-TR-698;AD-429190; AD-429190
Resource TypeTechnical Report
Research OrgNaval Radiological Defense Lab., San Francisco
SubjectBIOLOGY AND MEDICINE; BETA PARTICLES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYES; INSECTS; LIGHT; MOTHS; PIGMENTS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RECORDING SYSTEMS
Description/Abstract Moths of the family Noctuidae were used to determine the bioelectric responses of the compound eye to ionizing radiation. It was found that BETA radiation can induce a bioelectric reaction in the compound eye of the insect. The electroretinographic pattern is indistinguishable from that produced in response to a light stimulus. The flickerfusion frequency threshold is also similar for the two stimuli. However, a difference exists between light and BETA radiation in the time course of the dark adaptation process. It could be demonstrated that the disparity is dependent upon the interaction of visual pigment with the light stimulus. An electroretinogram response was elicited by a BETA dose of less than one milliroentgen at the radiation dose rate of 20 mr/second. (auth)
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: 30
System Entry Date2001 Jun 03

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