Terrestrial Space Radiation and Its Biological Effects

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-3
The Earths’s Trapped and Transient Space Radiation Environment....Pages 5-35
Ambient Electron Density Distribution at about 500 km Altitude at the Earth’s Ionosphere....Pages 37-40
The Space Radiation Environment at 840 km....Pages 41-60
Solar Proton Event Forecasts....Pages 61-70
Radiation Hazards in Low Earth Orbit, Polar Orbit, Geosynchronous Orbit, and Deep Space....Pages 71-96
Analysis of the Radiative Risk During Hermes Missions....Pages 97-116
Heavy Ion Effects on Cells: An Approach to Theoretical Understanding....Pages 117-127
Cosmic Ray HZE Particle Effects in Biological Systems: Results of Experiments in Space....Pages 129-152
Effects of Low and High LET Radiation on Neoplastic Transformation in Cells and the Importance of Single Track Effects in Space....Pages 153-161
Effects of LET, Fluence and Particle Energy on Inactivation, Chromosomal Aberrations and DNA Strand Breaks....Pages 163-184
Induction of Chromosome Aberrations in Chinese Hamster Cells After Heavy Ion Irradiation....Pages 185-191
Heavy Ion Radiation Effects on Single Spores of Bacillus Subtilis....Pages 193-196
Biological Action of Heavy Ion Irradiation on Individual Yeast Cells....Pages 197-203
Delta-Electron Emission in Heavy Ion Collisions....Pages 205-212
The Role of Repair Processes in Cellular and Genetical Response to Radiation....Pages 213-235
Reactions of Genetic Systems to Heavy Ions: Acute and Late Effects....Pages 237-250
Nature of Radiation Induced Mutations: Experimental Approaches on the Question of Intragenic Events....Pages 251-263
Genetic and Developmental Responses of Radiation Sensitive Mutants of the Nematode, C. elegans , to Ultraviolet, High and Low LET Radiation....Pages 265-276
Ionizing Radiation Induced Mutagenesis: Molecular Genetic Changes and Role of DNA Lesions and Repair....Pages 277-299
Radiation Physics Related to Biology....Pages 301-313
Biochemistry of Subcellular and Cellular Radiation Effects....Pages 315-327
High Energy Proton Induced Mutations in Cultured Chinese Hamster Cells....Pages 329-335
Cultures of Erythroleukemic Cells (K-562) on a Stratospheric Balloon Flight....Pages 337-343
Transposition of Retrotransposons After Gamma and UV Irradiation....Pages 345-350
Flow Cytometry Techniques for the Study of Irradiated Hematopoietic Stem Cells....Pages 351-361
The Kinetics of UV-Induced Thymine Dimerization....Pages 363-373
Effects of Ultrahigh Vacuum and UV Irradiation on Transforming DNA of Haemophilus Influenzae....Pages 375-382
Effect of High-Vacuum, Deep Temperatures and VUV Irradiation on Bacterial Spores....Pages 383-391
Selected Examples of Degenerative Late Effects Caused by Particulate Radiations in Normal Tissues....Pages 393-413
Delayed Effects of Proton Irradiation in the Lens and Integument: A Primate Model....Pages 415-422
Life Shortening and Causes of Death in Experimental Animals Following Whole-Body Exposure to Ionizing Radiation....Pages 423-444
Acute Radiation Syndromes in Man....Pages 445-463
Extrapolation of Animal Data to Man....Pages 465-473
Radiation Induced Damage to the Regenerative Capacity of Surgically Traumatized Rat Femur After Single Doses of X — Rays....Pages 475-486
Cardiopulmonary Effects Following Local Irradiation of the Heart in Adult Male Wistar/Neuherberg Rats....Pages 487-493
Post-Irradiation Alterations In Cerebral Blood Flow....Pages 495-507
Analysis of the Involvement of the Terrestrial Space Radiation in the Microgravity Effects on Drosophila Melanogaster Development and Aging....Pages 509-516
Current Trends in Behavioral Radiobiology....Pages 517-536
Effects of Iron Particles on Behavior and Brain Function: Initial Studies....Pages 537-551
Correlative Motor Behavioral and Striatal Dopaminergic Alterations Induced by 56 Fe Radiation....Pages 553-571
Variation of Galactic Cosmic Radiation by Solar Modulation, Geomagnetic Shielding and Shielding by Material....Pages 573-617
Radiation Problems in Manned Spaceflight — European Efforts....Pages 619-639
Space Radiation Exposures for Manned Polar Missions: A Parametric Study....Pages 641-654
Protection of Polar Platforms from Penetrating Radiation....Pages 655-662
Galactic Cosmic Radiation Doses to Astronauts Outside the Magnetosphere....Pages 663-673
DNA and Radioprotection....Pages 675-695
Excision Repair is Enhanced by WR-2721 Radioprotection....Pages 697-706
Impact of Spaceflight Environment on Radiation Response....Pages 707-714
Radiation Protection Guidelines for Space Missions....Pages 715-728
Space Radiation Dosimetry on U.S. and Soviet Manned Missions....Pages 729-794
Measurements of Cosmic Ray LET-Spectra for the D1 Mission Using Plastic Nuclear Track Detectors....Pages 795-807
Cosmic Ray LET-Spectrum Measured in the Spacelab 2 Mission....Pages 809-817
New Directions in Space Dosimetry....Pages 819-840
Summary....Pages 841-843
Back Matter....Pages 845-864