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:

“Modeling Reveals the Dependence of Hippocampal Neurogenesis Radiosensitivity on Age and Strain of Rats.” Frontiers in Neurosciece: Neurogenesis

“A New Standard DNA Data (SDD) Format to Record DNA Damage.” Radiation Research (in press)

“Pion-heavy Ion Scattering Total and Inelastic Cross Sections for Space Radiation Applications.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

“Detriments in Neuron Morphology Following Heavy Ion Irradiation - What’s the Target?” Radiation Protection Dosimetry

“Non-targeted Effects Lead to a Paradigm Shift in Risk Assessment for a Mission to the Earth’s Moon or Martian Moon Phobos.” Radiation Protection Dosimetry