https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817305005
Simulation of Radiation Damage to Neural Cells with the Geant4-DNA Toolkit
1 Laboratory of Radiation Biology, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna
2 Division of Natural Sciences, National University of Mongolia, 210646, Ulaanbaatar
* e-mail: bayarchimeg@jinr.ru
** e-mail: batmunkh@jinr.ru
*** e-mail: dem@jinr.ru
**** e-mail: dorjtoinol@gmail.com
Published online: 14 February 2018
To help in understanding the physical and biological mechanisms underlying effects of cosmic and therapeutic types of radiation on the central nervous system (CNS), we have developed an original neuron application based on the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit, in particular on its biophysical extension Geant4-DNA. The applied simulation technique provides a tool for the simulation of physical, physico-chemical and chemical processes (e.g. production of water radiolysis species in the vicinity of neurons) in realistic geometrical model of neural cells exposed to ionizing radiation. The present study evaluates the microscopic energy depositions and water radiolysis species yields within a detailed structure of a selected neuron taking into account its soma, dendrites, axon and spines following irradiation with carbon and iron ions.
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