COMPUTER SIMULATION OF RADIATION-INDUCED DYSFUNCTION OF THE NEURAL NETWORKS OF THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX

Abstract

The study of the effect of radiation on the brain and its cognitive functions is currently an urgent problem. There are natural sources of radiation and artificial, created by man. Natural radiation is cosmic radiation, the dose ofwhich increases with altitude. For fights at high altitudes, their effect must be considered. Man-made sources of radiation require special precautions, such as measures to control the operation of nuclear power plants, precautions when handling radioactive materials, the inevitable dose of radiation when used in medicine (radiation therapy). The aim of our work is a computer simulation of radiation-induced disruption of the neural networks activity of the prefrontal cortex for various options for doses of radiation. To do this, we used a working memory neural network model, which describes neural activity at various input parameters corresponding to different doses of radiation.