Changes in synaptic efficacy in rat brain slices following extremely low-frequency magnetic field exposure at embryonic and early postnatal age

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 724-730

  Balassa, Tímea ^a   Varró, Petra ^a   Elek, Szilvia ^a   Drozdovszky, Orsolya ^a   Szemerszky, Renáta ^a   Világi, Ildikó ^a   Bárdos, György ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Brain functions; Developing CNS; Environmental health; Fetal exposure; Newborn exposure; Postnatal brain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXPOSURE; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE;

ACSF; ARTIFICIAL CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; BRAIN FUNCTIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CNS; DEVELOPING CNS; E-S RELATIONSHIP; ELF-EF; ELF-EMF; ELF-MF; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPSP; EPSP-SPIKE RELATIONSHIP; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTRIC FIELD; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; FETAL EXPOSURE; I-O CURVE; INPUT-OUTPUT CURVE; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LTP; NEWBORN EXPOSURE; PAIRED-PULSE DEPRESSION; PAIRED-PULSE FACILITATION; POSTNATAL BRAIN; PPD; PPF; VOLTAGE THRESHOLD; VT;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84885697167     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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