PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Joseph J Bevelacqua
AU  - James Welsh
AU  - SMJ Mortazavi
TI  - Comments on “New concerns for neurocognitive function during deep space exposures to chronic, low dose rate, neutron radiation”
AID  - 10.1523/ENEURO.0329-19.2019
DP  - 2019 Dec 17
TA  - eneuro
PG  - ENEURO.0329-19.2019
4099  - http://www.eneuro.org/content/early/2019/12/16/ENEURO.0329-19.2019.short
4100  - http://www.eneuro.org/content/early/2019/12/16/ENEURO.0329-19.2019.full
AB  - Evaluations of the biological effects of space radiation must carefully consider the biological system response and the specific nature of the source term. Acharya et al. review neurocognitive function during deep space exposures to chronic, low dose rate, neutron radiation, but do not utilize a source term that reflects the actual space environment in terms of radiation types and their respective energies. In addition, important biological effects including adaptive response to the space radiation environment are not addressed.