Chronic exposure to an extremely low-frequency magnetic field induces depression-like behavior and corticosterone secretion without enhancement of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in mice

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-51

  Kitaoka, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kitamura, Mitsuo ^a   Aoi, Shun ^a,b   Shimizu, Noriyuki ^a   Yoshizaki, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; ELF MF; Glucocorticoid; HPA axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAMMALS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONES; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; ELECTRICAL DEVICES; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; FIELD EXPOSURE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HPA AXIS; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; POWER LINES; STRESSES RESPONSE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

MUS;

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; NORADRENALIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMOTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SECRETION (PROCESS); TIME;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EMOTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NOREPINEPHRINE; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84871111007     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.21743     Document Type: Article

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