Conspicuous histomorphological anomalies in the hippocampal formation of rats exposed prenatally to a complex sequenced magnetic field within the nanotesla range

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 97, Issue 3 II, 2003, Pages 1307-1314

  St Pierre, Linda S ^a   Persinger, Michael A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETICS; NEUROGLIA; PREGNANCY; RATS;

EID: 2142755346     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.97.3f.1307     Document Type: Article

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