Inconsistent Suppression of Nocturnal Pineal Melatonin Synthesis and Serum Melatonin Levels in Rats Exposed to Pulsed DC Magnetic Fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 318-329

  Reiter, Russel J ^a   Tan, Dun Xian ^a   Poeggeler, Burkhard ^a   Kavet, Robert ^b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DC magnetic field exposure; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Pulsed magnetic fields; Rat

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONES; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ACETYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY; DC MAGNETIC FIELD; DC MAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE; FIELD EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MELATONIN; N-ACETYLTRANSFERASES; PINEAL GLAND; PULSED DC; PULSED MAGNETIC FIELDS;

RATS;

ARYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031602773     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1998)19:5<318::AID-BEM6>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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