A 0.5 G, 60 Hz Magnetic Field Suppresses Melatonin Production in Pinealocytes

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-127

  Rosen, Lee A ^a,c   Barber, Ian ^b   Lyle, Daniel B ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gland dissociation; Magnetic fields; Melatonin; Rat; Single cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HORMONES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAMMALS; NOREPINEPHRINE;

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GLAND DISSOCIATION; IN-VITRO; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; SINGLE CELLS; SINGLE-CELL LEVEL; SUPERNATANTS;

CELLS;

RODENTIA;

MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; PINEAL BODY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEMALE; MALE; MELATONIN; NOREPINEPHRINE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031606707     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1998)19:2<123::aid-bem11>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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