Urinary 6-Sulphatoxymelatonin Excretion Is Increased in Rats after 24 Hours of Exposure to Vertical 50 Hz, 100 μT Magnetic Field

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 190-192

  Bakos, József ^a   Nagy, Noémi ^a   Thuróczy, György ^a   Szabó, László D ^a  

^a Natl Frederic Joliot Curie Res I   (Hungary)

Author keywords

6 sulphatoxymelatonin; aMT6s; ELF; Melatonin; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

HORMONES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; METABOLITES;

6-SULPHATOXYMELATONIN; AMT6S; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; ELF; FLUX DENSITIES; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; VERTICAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; WISTAR RAT;

RATS;

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; 6-SULFATOXYMELATONIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; STATISTICS; URINE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030623735     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1997)18:2<190::AID-BEM14>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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