Changes in synaptic efficacy and seizure susceptibility in rat brain slices following extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field exposure

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 631-640

  Varró, Petra ^a,b   Szemerszky, Renáta ^a   Bárdos, György ^a   Világi, Ildikó ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ELF EMF; Hippocampus; Neocortex; Rat; Slices

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; RATS;

BRAIN SLICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE; ELF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EX-VIVO; HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEOCORTEX; NEOCORTICAL SLICES; RATS BRAIN; SLICE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 73249119320     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20517     Document Type: Article

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