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The recovery of Syrian hamsters after split dose application (interval 11 days) was studied on the basis of the weight response and of food uptake. Two periods of weight loss and anorexia can be distinguished, an early one immediately after irradiation and a secondary one 6–10 days later. The secondary response is a function of the radiation dose and allows to distinguish survivors from non-survivors, since it is much more pronounced and longerlasting in the latter than in the former. The first response appears not to be influenced by a previous conditioning irradiation.
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. H. Muth, Institut für Biophysik, Homburg/Saar on the occasion of his 65th birthday
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Kindt, A., Sattler, E.L. & Schraub, A. Radiation-induced anorexia in Syrian hamsters. Radiat Environ Biophys 18, 149–155 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01326053
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