Protective Effects of Hydrogen against Low-Dose Long-Term Radiation-Induced Damage to the Behavioral Performances, Hematopoietic System, Genital System, and Splenic Lymphocytes in Mice

Figure 6

Results of peripheral WBC count, lymphocyte count, and neutrophil count of sham and 2 Gy irradiated mice, treated or not. (a) Comparison of WBC count. (b) Display of lymphocyte count in different groups. Compared to the 2 Gy gamma radiation-induced cells counts, the group had conspicuous enhancement effects both for the WBC ( = −2.948, ,) and for the lymphocyte ( = −2.342, ). An independent samples -test (two tails) was used here. Asterisk notes that there existed a significant difference () between the curve-connected groups. Values were expressed as mean ± SD ().

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