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In our previous study (Hamdorf et al. 1990) we showed that irradiation of the rat caused a number of morphological changes in neurons and glial cells in the developing rat brain.
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Cervós-Navarro, J., Hamdorf, G., Becker, A., Scheffler, A. (1992). Morphological Changes in Cultures of Hippocampus Following In Vitro Irradiation. In: Neubert, D., Kavlock, R.J., Merker, HJ., Klein, J. (eds) Risk Assessment of Prenatally-Induced Adverse Health Effects. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77753-0_30
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