Single, Brief Exposure to a 50 Hz Magnetic Field Does Not Affect the Performance of an Object Recognition Task in Adult Mice

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-26

  Sienkiewicz, Zenon J ^a,b   Bartram, Rachel ^a   Haylock, Richard G E ^a   Saunders, Richard D ^a  

^a Natl Radiological Protection Board   (United Kingdom)

^b NRPB   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ELF; Memory; Mice; Power frequency

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAMMALS;

ADULT MICE; ELF; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MOUSE; OBJECTS RECOGNITION; PERFORMANCE; POWER FREQUENCY; POWER FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

OBJECT RECOGNITION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; COLOR VISION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 0035219704     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-186X(200101)22:1<19::AID-BEM3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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