Stress-induced endogenous risk factors for neuropsychiatric disorders and rational approaches to improving the quality of life index among Chernobyl accident liquidators

Title: Stress-induced endogenous risk factors for neuropsychiatric disorders and rational approaches to improving the quality of life index among Chernobyl accident liquidators

Author: Sushkevich, Anton Genadyevich

Reference: Moscow, 2006

Keywords:pathophysiology, stress, neuropsychiatric disorders, quality of life, liquidators, Obninsk, medical and rehabilitation center

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency of neurotic disorders and determine the role of stress-induced endogenous risk factors and their development among the liquidators on the basis of radiation-epidemiological analysis of data from the Russian National Medical and Dosimetric Registry and clinical database of the Medical Radiological Research Center (Russian Academy of Medical Sciences), based on the annual medical monitoring of the liquidators of Obninsk, for targeted improvement of medical and rehabilitation complex.

URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/stress-indutsirovannye-endogennye-faktory-riska-neiropsikhicheskikh-rasstroistv-i-ratsional-0

Discussions about the role of ionizing radiation and stress in the genesis of neuropsychiatric consequences of the Chernobyl disaster

Author: K.M. Loganovsky

Reference: Журнал АМН України. (Journal of AMS of Ukraine), 2006

・For detailed information on the article contact the National Scientific Center for Radiation Medicine of Ukraine. The center’s home page is: http://www.national.rcrm.net.ua/index.php/en/

Genome hypermethylation in Pinus silvestris of Chernobyl—a mechanism for radiation adaptation?

Title: Genome hypermethylation in Pinus silvestris of Chernobyl—a mechanism for radiation adaptation?

Author: Kovalchuk, Olga / Burke, Paula / Arkhipov, Andrey / Kuchma, Nikolaj / James, S.Jill / Kovalchuk, Igor / Pogribny, Igor

Reference: Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 529 (1-2), p.13-20, Aug 2003

doi: 10.1016/S0027-5107(03)00103-9

Keywords:Chernobyl; Radiation; Pine; Stress response; Global genome methylation

Abstract: Adaptation is a complex process by which populations of organisms respond to long-term environmental stresses by permanent genetic change. Here we present data from the natural “open-field” radiation adaptation experiment after the Chernobyl accident and provide the first evidence of the involvement of epigenetic changes in adaptation of a eukaryote-Scots pine (Pinus silvestris), to chronic radiation exposure.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0027510703001039