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Enriched but not depleted uranium affects central nervous system in long-term exposed rat (2005)
| Auteur | Houpert, Lestaevel, Bussy… |
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| Datum | april 2005 |
| Classificatie | 6.05.0.00/26 (VERARMD URANIUM - ALGEMEEN (oa. Gezondheidsonderzoek)) |
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NeuroToxicology xxx (2005) xxx–xxx
Enriched But Not Depleted Uranium Affects
Central Nervous System In Long-Term
Exposed Rat
Pascale Houpert 1, Philippe Lestaevel 1,*,1, Cyrill Bussy 1, Franc¸ois Paquet 1,
Patrick Gourmelon 2
1
Institut de Radioprotection et de Suˆrete´ Nucle´aire, Direction de la Radioprotection de l’Homme – Service de
Radiobiologie et d’E´pide´miologie, Laboratoire de Radiotoxicologie Expe´rimentale, BP 166-26702 Pierrelatte,
France
2
Institut de Radioprotection et de Suˆrete´ Nucle´aire, Direction de la Radioprotection de l’Homme,
BP17-92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
Received 8 February 2005; accepted 22 April 2005
Abstract
Uranium is well known to induce chemical toxicity in kidneys, but several other target organs, such as central nervous
system, could be also affected. Thus in the present study, the effects on sleep–wake cycle and behavior were studied after
chronic oral exposure to enriched or depleted uranium. Rats exposed to 4% enriched uranium for 1.5 months through
drinking water, accumulated twice as much uranium in some key areas such as the hippocampus, hypothalamus and
adrenals than did control rats. This accumulation was correlated with an increase of about 38% of the amount of
paradoxical sleep, a reduction of their spatial working memory capacities and an increase in their anxiety. Exposure to
depleted uranium for 1.5 months did not induce these effects, suggesting that the radiological activity induces the primary
events of these effects of uranium.
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Keywords: Enriched