Acute Exposure to a 60 Hz Magnetic Field Affects Rats' Water-Maze Performance

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-122

  Lai, Henry ^a   Carino, Monserrat A ^c   Ushijima, Itsuko ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

60 Hz; Magnetic field; Memory; Spatial learning; Water maze

Indexed keywords

PROBES; RATS;

60 HZ; COIL SYSTEMS; EXPOSED TO; FIELD EXPOSURE; HELMHOLTZ COIL; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL LEARNING; TRAINING SESSIONS; WATER MAZE;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ANIMALIA;

WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SWIMMING; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ESCAPE REACTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0031607099     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1998)19:2<117::aid-bem10>3.0.co;2-n     Document Type: Article

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