[Effect of space flight on the course of radiation lesions in the lymphoid organs of rats].
The spleen, thymus and inguinal lymph nodes of rats exposed to a prolonged (24 hours) irradiation at a dose of 800 rad on the 10th day of the 20-day space flight aboard the biosatellite Cosmos-690 were examined histologically and cytologically. The lymph organs showed the changes typical of radiation-induced lesions. They did not display an aggravating or modifying effect of space flight factors on the development of radiation-induced lesions in lymph organs. It is emphasized that radiation-induced lesions at the above irradiation dose may mask weightlessness-induced effects in lymph organs.
D000818:Animals; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000528:radiation effects; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000528:radiation effects; D011833:Radiation Injuries, Experimental / Q000473:pathology*; D051381:Rats; D013026:Space Flight; D013154:Spleen / Q000528:radiation effects; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000528:radiation effects; D013997:Time Factors; D014586:USSR
Vliianie kosmicheskogo poleta na techenie radiatsionnykh porazheniĭ v limfoidnykh organakh krys.