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Title | THE BIOELECTRICAL RESPONSE OF THE INSECT EYE TO BETA RADIATION |
Creator/Author | Smith, J.C. ; Kimeldorf, D.J. |
Publication Date | 1963 Nov 29 |
OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 4075097 |
Report Number(s) | USNRDL-TR-698;AD-429190; AD-429190 |
Resource Type | Technical Report |
Research Org | Naval Radiological Defense Lab., San Francisco |
Subject | BIOLOGY 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) |
Language | English |
Format | Pages: 30 |
System Entry Date | 2001 Jun 03 |
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