Toxic effects of 50 Hz electromagnetic field on memory consolidation in male and female mice

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 293-299

  Foroozandeh, Elham ^a   Derakhshan Barjoei, Pouya ^a   Jadidi, Mohsen ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

ELF EMF; memory consolidation; mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOXICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SHAM PROCEDURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84875695649     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233711433931     Document Type: Article

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