Author: Loganovsky K.N.
Reference: Fiziol Cheloveka. — 2003. — Vol. 29, № 1. — P. 122–130.
Keywords: Chernobyl, Afghanistan, PTSD, Somatosensory evoked potentials
Abstract: Participants of the Chernobyl clean-up (n = 145) teams exposed to radiation doses from 0.05 to 3.5 Gy who had for the first time complained of pathologic somatosensory sensations (ostealgic syndrome), 20 healthy subjects, and 50 veterans of the war in Afghanistan with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were examined by a neuropsychiatrist and presented with the MMPI test. Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) were recorded. Paresthesia and cenesthopathy were characteristic of the participants of the Chernobyl clean-up. Sensation disorders of the cerebral type, kinesthetic illusions, cenesthopathic hypochondriac disorders, and paroxysmal psychosensory states predominated in this group of subjects. They differed significantly from the veterans with PTSD in markedly increased scores on MMPI scales (hypochondriasis, schizophrenia, pure hypochondriasis, pure schizophrenia, emotional exclusion, and perception oddity), which closely correlated with clinical somatosensory symptoms. In clean-up workers, somatosensory disorders were significantly associated with hypochondriac and schizophrenic-like symptoms. The latencies (LPs) of main SSEP components—N20, P25, N140, P300, and N400—were increased and their amplitudes decreased in subjects exposed to radiation. Their SSEPs had significant topographical deviations in the left temporoparietal area: the contralateral LPs were increased, whereas the contralateral amplitudes of the thalamocortical N20 component and the cortical P25 component were decreased as compared to normal values. Somatosensory disorders and hypochondriac and schizophrenic symptoms were significantly correlated with changes in the SSEPs. The decrease in the N20 amplitude and increase in the P25 latency in the left temporoparietal area were dose-dependent. The results suggest cerebral rather than peripheral origin of ostealgic syndrome and other somatosensory disorders in the participants of the Chernobyl clean-up. These disorders are associated with radiation-induced dysfunction of the corticolimbic structures of the left—dominant—hemisphere. It is suggested that somatosensory disorders in patients exposed to low doses of radiation can be considered as manifestations of chronic fatigue syndrome /fibromyalgia, whereas schizoform organic brain lesions manifest themselves after exposure to a radiation dose of 0.3–0.5 Gy.
URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1022069022557#
Author: Loganovsky K.N.
Reference: Kiev, KIM, 2011, pp. 158–164
Author: Loganovsky K.N.
Reference: Florence, Italy, January 17-19, 2013. — pp. 77–85
Author: Loganovsky K.N.
Reference: Clinical Neuropsychiatry — 2012. — Vol. 9, № 5. — P. 203-204
Author: Loganovsky K., Perchuk I., Nechayev S.
Reference: International Journal of Psychophysiology. — 2010. — Vol. 77, № 3. — P. 0204.
URL: http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/elsevier/brain-mapping-of-quantitative-eeg-before-and-after-exposure-to-low-FsZXyIfF08
Author: Loganovsky K., Bomko M.
Reference: Abstracts of the 8th International LOWRAD Conference «The effects of low doses and very low doses of ionizing radiation on human health and biotopes», 28– 30 September 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. — Rio de Janeiro, 2009. — P. 116
Author: Loganovsky K., Antypchuk K., Kreinis G. et al.
Reference: 8th International LOWRAD Conference «The Effects of Low Doses and Very Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation on Human Health and Biotopes», 28–30 September 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. — P. 99.
URL: http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/elsevier/postradiation-cognitive-disorders-it6c4vl7R7/1
Author: Loganovsky K.
Reference: Int. J. Low Radiation. — 2007. — Vol. 4, № 3. — P. 176-183.
Keywords: suicide
Abstract: The suicide rates in southern India are very high (Joseph et al., 2003; Aaron et al., 2004), where there are areas of high natural radiation background (UNSCEAR, 2000). It was a stable tendency towards excess of suicides among the atomic bomb survivors exposed to low doses (0 90 mGy) (Kusumi et al., 1993). It was informed about the direct dependence between the suicide rate and the residency distance from the Atomic Test Site (Alimkhanov, 1995). Suicides are the leading cause of death among Estonian clean-up workers (Rahu et al., 1997; 2006). The workers conducting transformation of the destroyed 4th Unit of the Chernobyl NPP (‘Shelter Object’) to the ecologically safe system may be also under increased suicide risk. Whether exposure to low doses of ionising radiation is a risk factor for suicides should be elucidated by the epidemiological studies.
URL:http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/inderscience-publishers/suicides-and-exposure-to-low-doses-of-ionising-radiation-UlYVH8hML8
Author: Loganovsky K.
Reference: Data Science Journal. — 2009. — Vol. 8. — BR13–BR35
Keywords: Ionizing radiation, Low doses, Chernobyl accident, Brain, Radiosensitivity, Radiocerebral effects, exposure in utero
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze the current evidence on radiocerebral effects following exposure to 20 mSv on the fetus and >300 mSv on the thyroid in utero; at 16–25 weeks, abnormalities were >10 mSv and >200 mSv, respectively. In adults, radiationassociated cerebrovascular effects were obtained at >0.15-0.25 Sv. Dose-related neuropsychiatric, neurophysiological, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging abnormalities following exposure to >0.3 Sv and neurophysiological and neuroimaging radiation markers at doses >1 Sv were revealed. Studies on radiation neuropsychiatric effects should be undertaken.
URL: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/dsj/8/0/8_BR-04/_pdf
Author: E.Ya. Sosnovskaya, E.K. Kapitonova
Reference: Медицинские новости. — 2004. — №11. — С. 13-15
Keywords: Belorussia, medical aid
Abstract: Experience of the liquidation of Chernobyl tells us that minimization of aftermaths of a radiation accident to the population greatly depends on the organization and effectiveness of the authorities of health protection. The article concerns problems of information system in the medical society, clinic-epidemiologic surveys etc.
URL: http://www.mednovosti.by/journal.aspx?article=2075
