The effect of a 50 Hz magnetic field on cognitive function in humans

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 463-470

  Preece, A W ^a   Wesnes, K A ^b   Iwi, G R ^a  

^a BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CDR House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COGNITION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031691810     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530098141339     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. BAILIE, R., CHRISTMAS, L., PRICE, N., RESTALL, J., SIMPSON, P. M. and WESNES, K., 1989, Effects of temazepam premedication on cognitive recovery following alfentanil/ propofol anaesthesia. British Journal of Anaesthetics, 63, 68-75.
2. COOK, M. R., GRAHAM, C., COHEN, H. D. and GERKOVICH, M. M., 1992, A replication study of human exposure to 60 Hz fields: effects on neurobehavioural measures. Bioelectromagnetics, 13, 261-285.
3. DAWSON, T. W., CAPUTA, K. and STUCHLY, M. A., 1997, Influence of human model resolution on computed currents induced in organs by 60-Hz magnetic fields. Bioelectromagnetics, 18, 478-490.
4. DE LORGE, J. O., 1985, Behavioral studies of monkeys in electric and magnetic fields at ELF frequencies. In Biological Effects and Dosimetry of Static and ELF Electromagnetic Fields, edited by M. Grandolfo, S. M. Michaelson and A. Rindi (New York: Plenum Press), pp. 433-439.
5. GANDHI, O. P. and TINNISWOOD, A. D., 1997, Endogenous electric fields and current densities in an anatomical model of the human body due to the electrical activity of the heart and brain: comparison with fields produced by EMF sources. In Annual Review of Research on Biological Effects of Electric and Magnetic Fields from the Generation, Delivery and Use of Electricity. (MD: W/L Associates), p. 27.
6. GRAHAM, R. and COOK, M. R., 1997, Magnetic fields alter human sleep. In Annual Review of Research on Biological Effect of Electric and Magnetic Fields. (MD: W/L Associates), pp. 40-41.
7. GRAHAM, C., COOK, M. R., COHEN, H. D. and GERKOVICH, M. M. 1994, A dose response study of human exposure to 60 Hz electric and magnetic fields. Bioelectromagnetics, 15, 447-463.
8. HANKS, G. W., O'NEILL, W. M., SIMPSON, P. and WESNES, K., 1995, The cognitive and psychomotor effects of opioid analgesics II. A randomised controlled trial of single doses of morphine, lorazepam and placebo in healthy subjects. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 48, 455-460.
9. LAI, H., 1996, Spatial learning deficit in the rat after exposure to a 60 Hz magnetic field. Bioelectromagnetics, 17, 494-496.
10. LAI, H., CARINO, M. and USHIJIMA, I., 1998, Acute exposure to a 60 Hz magnetic field affects rats' water maze performance. Bioelectromagnetics, 19, 117-122.
11. MORRISON, D. F., 1976, Multivariate Statistical Methods, 2nd edition (New York: McGraw Hill).
12. NRPB-GS11, 1988, Guidance as to restrictions on exposures to time varying fields and the recommendations of the international non-ionising radiation committee. (London: HMSO).
13. NRPB-R239, 1991, Biological effects of exposure to non-ionising electromagnetic fields and radiation. II. Extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields. (London: HMSO).
14. PODD, J. V., WHITTINGTON, C. J., BARNES, G. R., PAGE, W. H. and RAPLEY, B. I., 1995, Do ELF magnetic fields affect human reaction time? Bioelectromagnetics, 16, 317-323.
15. PREECE, A. W., KAUNE, W. T., GRAINGER, P. and GOLDING, J., 1997, Magnetic fields from domestic appliances in the UK. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 42, 67-76.
16. SIENKIEWICZ, Z. J., HAYLOCK, R. G. and SAUNDERS, R. D., 1996, Acute exposure to power frequency magnetic fields has no effect on the acquisition of a spatial learning task by adult male mice. Bioelectromagnetics, 17, 180-186.
17. SIENKIEWICZ, Z. J., HAYLOCK, R. G. and SAUNDERS, R. D., 1998, Deficits in spatial learning after exposure of mice to a 50 Hz magnetic field. Bioelectromagnetics, 19, 79-84.
18. STOLLERY, B., 1986, Effects of 50 Hz electric currents on mood and verbal reasoning skill. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 43, 339-349.
19. STOLLERY, B., 1987, Effects of 50 Hz electric current on vigilance and verbal reasoning. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 44, 111-118.
20. TOFANI, S., OSSOLA, P., D'AMORE, G. and GANDHI, O. P., 1995, Electric field and current density distributions induced in an anatomically-based model of the human head by magnetic fields from a hair dryer. Health Physics, 68, 71-79.
21. WESNES, K., FALENI, R. A., HEFTING, N. R., HOUBEN, J. J. G., JENKINS, E., JONKMAN, J. H. J., LEONARD, J., PETRINI, O. and VAN LIER, J. J., 1997, The cognitive, subjective and physical effects of a Ginkgo biloba/Panax ginseng combination in healthy volunteers with neurasthenic complaints. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 33, 677-683.
22. WESNES, K. A., SIMPSON, P. M., CHRISTMAS, L., MCCLELLAND, G. R. and JOINER, I. M., 1989, Acute cognitive effects of moclobemide and trazodone, alone and in combination with alcohol in the elderly. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 27, 647-648.