Cognitive and behavioral effects of whole brain conventional or high dose rate (FLASH) proton irradiation in a neonatal Sprague Dawley rat model

• Michael T. Williams ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: michael.williams@cchmc.org

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Cincinnati Children’s/University of Cincinnati Proton Therapy and Research Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9841-9683

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• Chiho Sugimoto,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Dept. of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America

  Affiliation Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4577-2659

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• Samantha L. Regan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Dept. of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

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• Emily M. Pitzer,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7558-5432

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• Adam L. Fritz,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

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• Mathieu Sertorio,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Cincinnati Children’s/University of Cincinnati Proton Therapy and Research Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

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• Anthony E. Mascia,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Cincinnati Children’s/University of Cincinnati Proton Therapy and Research Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

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• Ralph E. Vatner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Cincinnati Children’s/University of Cincinnati Proton Therapy and Research Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

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• John P. Perentesis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Cincinnati Children’s/University of Cincinnati Proton Therapy and Research Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Division of Oncology, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

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• Charles V. Vorhees

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Cincinnati Children’s/University of Cincinnati Proton Therapy and Research Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

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