Suppression of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in rats by 50-nT, 7-Hz amplitude-modulated nocturnal magnetic fields depends on when after inoculation the fields are applied

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 370, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 166-170

  Kinoshameg, S A ^a   Persinger, M A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulations; Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis; Magnetic fields; Multiple sclerosis; NanoTesla range; Nocturnal exposures; Rat; Timing

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMULSION; FEMALE; INOCULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT STRAIN; SPINAL CORD; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 5644277775     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.08.018     Document Type: Article

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