Exposure to combined static and 60 Hz magnetic fields: Failure to replicate a reported behavioral effect

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 279-292

  Stern, Sander ^a   Laties, Victor G ^a   Nguyen, Quang A ^a   Cox, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclotron resonance; Low flux density magnetic fields; Multiple schedules; Operant conditioning; Rats

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS; EXPOSED TO; FIELD FAILURE; LOW FLUX DENSITIES; LOW FLUX-DENSITY MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MULTIPLE SCHEDULE; OPERANT CONDITIONING; STATIC FIELDS; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

RATS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MAGNETISM; MALE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MAGNETICS; MALE; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0030331166     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1996)17:4<279::AID-BEM4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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