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Science 19 April 1963:
Vol. 140. no. 3564, pp. 289 - 290
DOI: 10.1126/science.140.3564.289
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Electroencephalographic Responses to Ionizing Radiation

J. Garcia 1, N. A. Buchwald 1, G. Bach-y-Rita 1, B. H. Feder 1, and R. A. Koelling 1

1 Medical Research Programs, Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach 4, California

Electroencephalographic recordings made from chronically implanted cortical electrodes indicate that ionizing radiation has an immediate effect upon brain wave patterns. X-rays delivered at the rate of 0.2 roentgen per second produce an arousal effect resembling that which occurs as a result of stimulation through peripheral receptor systems.


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