Extremely Low Frequency Electric Field Induced Changes in Rate of Growth and Brain and Liver Enzymes of Rats

Abstract

Young adult male rats, maintained for 30 to 40 days in 45 Hz vertical electric fields varying from 100 V/m to 0.1 V/m, gained weight at rates 20 to 30% slower than control rats not exposed to 45 Hz radiations and had less abdominal fat deposits. An effect on subcortical neurons was shown by a consistent decrease in activity of the neuronal enzyme choline acetyltransferase in the brainstem of rats maintained in 45 Hz fields, whereas, cerebral levels of this enzyme were not changed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 24, 1976
Accession Number
ADA035959

Entities

People

  • Arthur Sohler
  • Harold Coyne
  • Joseph J. Noval
  • K. David Straub
  • Ruth Berman Reisberg

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Bodies
  • Body Weight
  • Brain
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Connective Tissue
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Extremely Low Frequency
  • Frequency
  • Health Services
  • Magnetic Fields
  • New York
  • Radiation
  • Railroad Cars
  • Rodents
  • Shielding

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  • Biology
  • Psychology

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  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Neuroscience
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.