RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Comments on “New Concerns for Neurocognitive Function during Deep Space Exposures to Chronic, Low Dose Rate, Neutron Radiation”
JF eneuro
JO eNeuro
FD Society for Neuroscience
SP ENEURO.0329-19.2019
DO 10.1523/ENEURO.0329-19.2019
VO 7
IS 1
A1 Bevelacqua, Joseph J.
A1 Welsh, James
A1 Mortazavi, S. M. Javad
YR 2020
UL http://www.eneuro.org/content/7/1/ENEURO.0329-19.2019.abstract
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. (2019) review neurocognitive function during deep space exposures to chronic, low dose rate, neutron radiation, but do not use a source term that reflects the actual space environment in terms of radiation types and their respective energies. In addition, important biological effects, including the adaptive response to the space radiation environment, are not addressed.