Prenatal exposure to a 50 Hz magnetic field has no effect on spatial learning in adult mice

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-252

  Sienkiewicz, Zenon J ^a,b   Larder, Sally ^a   Saunders, Richard D ^a  

^a Natl Radiological Protection Board   (United Kingdom)

^b NRPB   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural teratology; Memory; Radial arm maze

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ADULT MICE; APPLIED FIELD; BEHAVIORAL TERATOLOGY; LEARNING AND MEMORY; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIAL-ARM MAZE; SINUSOIDAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY;

MAMMALS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MAGNETISM; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MAGNETICS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 0030329926     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1996)17:3<249::aid-bem12>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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