Acute Exposure to a 60 Hz Magnetic Field Increases DNA Strand Breaks in Rat Brain Cells

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-165

  Lai, Henry ^a   Singh, Narendra P ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

60 Hz magnetic fields; Brain cells; DNA single strand and double strand breaks; Microgel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; DNA; GELS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

60 HZ MAGNETIC FIELD; BRAIN CELLS; DNA BREAKS; DNA SINGLE-STRAND AND DOUBLE-STRAND BREAK; DNA STRAND BREAK; DOUBLE STRAND BREAKS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MICROGEL; MICROGEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RATS BRAIN;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; MALE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030631742     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1997)18:2<156::aid-bem8>3.0.co;2-1     Document Type: Article

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