Long-term exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields impairs spatial recognition memory in mice

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 797-800

  Fu, Yu ^a,b,c   Wang, Cangkai ^d   Wang, Jianhong ^a,b   Lei, Yanlin ^a,b   Ma, Yuanye ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field; Extremely low frequency; Mice; Spatial recognition memory; Y maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

EID: 44249126814     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2008.04922.x     Document Type: Article

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