Enhanced mortality of rat pups following inductions of epileptic seizures after perinatal exposures to 5 nT, 7 Hz magnetic fields

Life Sciences

Volumn 81, Issue 21-22, 2007, Pages 1496-1500

  St Pierre, L S ^a   Parker, G H ^a   Bubenik, G A ^b   Persinger, M A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

NanoTesla; Perinatal exposures; Rat; Seizures; Sudden death; Weak magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; SEIZURE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LITHIUM; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PILOCARPINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

RATTUS;

EID: 35848955215     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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