Frank Cucinotta (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) co-authored five articles that recently appeared in peer-reviewed journals. Three of the studies revealed important findings about the age dependence of impaired cognition during radiation treatment of brain cancers; defined a new international standard to format various types of DNA damage, and theoretically modeled pion interaction cross sections in cosmic ray interactions. Two others examined the mechanisms of neuron morphology changes in charged particle irradiation, and evaluated cancer risks for human missions to the Earth and Martian moons. The articles and their respective publications are:
“.” Frontiers in Neurosciece: Neurogenesis
“.” Radiation Research (in press)
“.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
“?” Radiation Protection Dosimetry
“.” Radiation Protection Dosimetry
