Effects of prenatal exposure to a 900 MHz electromagnetic field on the dentate gyrus of rats: A stereological and histopathological study

Brain Research

Volumn 1238, Issue , 2008, Pages 224-229

  Odaci, Ersan ^a   Bas, Orhan ^b   Kaplan, Suleyman ^c  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Electromagnetic field; Granule cell; Optical fractionator; Rat; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 55349143473     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.08.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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