STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL SHIFTS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DUE TO IONIZING RADIATION; HUMAN EFFICIENCY
The article discusses the results of experiments with animals and medical hygienic and epidemiological evidence from the monitoring of health and efficiency of nuclear industry personnel started in the 1950s, as well as of high-power gamma- and nuclear energetic sources in research centers. Also, data about health disorders and disability among Chernobyl cleanup workers were analyzed. Morphological deviations in the central nervous system in animals immediately after and in delayed periods following exposure to different doses and CT data about cerebral structural changes in cleanup workers are presented. Dependence of the functional disturbances in and morbidity among personnel shortly after and in delayed periods on dose value and dose rate are scrutinized closely.