Effect of extremely low frequency electromagnetic field and GABAA receptors on serum testosterone level of male rats

International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Taherianfard, Mahnaz ^a   Bahaddini, Aminolah ^a   Keshtkar, Sara ^a   Fazeli, Mehdi ^a   Shomali, Tahora ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields; Muscimol hydrobromide; Rat; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; MUSCIMOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPOSURE; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84890101940     PISSN: 1726913X     EISSN: 17269148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ijem.11029     Document Type: Article

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