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Title | RADIATION MALFORMATIONS BELONGING TO THE CYCLOPIA-ARRHINECEPHALIA-OCTOCEPHALIA GROUP IN THE MOUSE FETUS |
Creator/Author | Murakami, U. ; Kameyama, Y. ; Majima, A. ; Sakurai, T. |
Publication Date | 1962 Mar 01 |
OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 4808988 |
Resource Type | Journal Article |
Resource Relation | J. Embryol. Exptl. Morphol.; Vol: 10 |
Research Org | Nagoya Univ., Japan |
Subject | BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE; AGE; BRAIN; EYES; FETUSES; MALFORMATIONS; MICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSENSITIVITY |
Description/Abstract | Pregnant mice on the 8 1/2th day of gestation were subjected to 200 r whole-body irradiation and the fetuses were examined on the l3th to l9th day of gestation. Incidence of fetal death (23.0%) was much higher than in the controls (8.2%), and malformations of the nose, eyes, and ears occurred in 32%. These malformations included alterations leading to a beaklike snout (19%), a univentricular telencephalon with cyclopia (6%), and fomas transitional between these two (6%). These malformations were specific for irradiation on the 8 1/2th day of gestation. In previous studies they were not prominent when irradiation was carried out on the 8th, l0th, or llth day. During this most sensitive developmental stage at 8 1/2 days, 3 to 5 brain vesicles are formed and the anterior neuropore is closed, which may account for the greater effect of teratogenic agents on the central nervous system at this time. Other abnormalities included exencephalia (2%), hydrocephalus (4%), microcephalia (0.7%), abnormally shaped head (5%), spinal cord anomalies (6%), eye anomalies (29%), harelip and cleft palate (l2%), tail abnormalities (6%), and thoraco-abdominal hennia (5%). (H.H.D.) |
Language | English |
Format | Pages: 64-72 |
System Entry Date | 2001 Jun 03 |
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