title: [Effects of prolonged low-intensity irradiation on organ weight of the male rat reproductive system].
abstract: The effects of prolonged irradiation at accumulated doses from 0.5 to 6.0 Gy (dose rate 3.03 cGy/day) on reproductive organs' weight (testes, epididymises, seminal vesicles, prostate) of male rats starting from the early ontogenetic period were studied. On the first day after the irradiation with 1.0 Gy dose a significant loss of the weight in testes and epididymises was revealed. This leaded to the marked atrophy of the organs with the increase of the radiation dose. Long-term restoration of the weight of testes and epididimyses was registered. It was not completed during three months after radiation exposure at 2.0 Gy and higher doses for epididimyses and 4.0-6.0 Gy for testes. The respective changes in the seminal vesicles and prostate weight were less pronounced and had more complicated character. However in the distant period (30-90 days of postreatment) after exposure to 2.0 Gy these parameters were noticeably decreased.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Radiobiology, National Academy of Science of Belarus, Minsk, 220141 Belarus.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Vereshchako
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Khodosovskaia
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Konoplia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004822:Epididymis / Q000528:radiation effects; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D011467:Prostate / Q000528:radiation effects; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D051381:Rats; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000528:radiation effects; D013737:Testis / Q000528:radiation effects; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes