Circularly Polarised MF (500 μT 50 HZ) Does Not Acutely Suppress Melatonin Secretion from Cultured Wistar Rat Pineal Glands

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-124

  Tripp, H M ^a   Warman, G R ^a   Arendt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Flow through system; In vitro; Pineal

Indexed keywords

HORMONES; RATS;

CIRCULARLY-POLARIZED; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CULTURE SYSTEMS; FLOW-THROUGH SYSTEMS; FLOWTHROUGH; IN-VITRO; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PINEAL; PINEAL GLAND; WISTAR RAT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PINEAL BODY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; SECRETION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WISTAR RAT;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037822317     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10075     Document Type: Article

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