Extremely-low-frequency magnetic fields disrupt rhythmic slow activity in rat hippocampal slices

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 388-395

  Bawin, S M ^a,c,d   Satmary, W M ^c   Jones, R A ^c   Adey, W R ^a,c   Zimmerman, G ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ELF magnetic fields; Hippocampus; Nitric oxide; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; FREE RADICALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RATS; TISSUE;

ACTIVITY EPISODES; CARBACHOL; ELF MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; FIELD-EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; THETA RHYTHMS;

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMALIA;

CARBACHOL; CHELATING AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FREE RADICAL; HEMOGLOBIN; MUSCARINIC AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETISM; MALE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THETA RHYTHM;

ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; CHELATING AGENTS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FREE RADICALS; HEMOGLOBINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MEMORY; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NEURONS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0030337527     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1996)17:5<388::AID-BEM6>3.0.CO;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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