highly significantp<0.0001
A significant decrease was found for the 4 Gy (p<0.001) and 8 Gy (p<0.05) irradiation groups at 4 h post-irradiation ( Figure 2C ), and highly significant changes across the dose range of 2–8 Gy (p<0.0001) were found at 24 h post-irradiation ( Figure 2D ).