A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT TO STUDY ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELD EFFECTS - PROTECTION INDUCED BY SHORT-TERM EXPOSURES TO 60 HZ MAGNETIC-FIELDS

Citation
Al. Dicarlo et al., A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT TO STUDY ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELD EFFECTS - PROTECTION INDUCED BY SHORT-TERM EXPOSURES TO 60 HZ MAGNETIC-FIELDS, Bioelectromagnetics, 19(8), 1998, pp. 498-500
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics,"Biology Miscellaneous
Journal title
ISSN journal
01978462
Volume
19
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
498 - 500
Database
ISI
SICI code
0197-8462(1998)19:8<498:ASETSE>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Stress proteins are important in protection during cardiac ischemia/re perfusion (cessation and return of blood flow) and are reportedly indu ced by electromagnetic (EM) fields. This suggests a possible ischemia protection role for EM exposures. To test this, chick embryos (96 h) w ere exposed to 60 Nz magnetic fields prior to being placed into anoxia . Survival was 39.6% (control), and 68.7% (field-exposed). As a positi ve control, embryos were heated prior to anoxia (57.6% survival). We c onclude that: 1) 60 Hz magnetic held exposures reduce anoxia-induced m ortality in chick embryos, comparable to reductions observed following heat stress, and 2) this is a simple and rapid experiment to demonstr ate the existence of weak EM held effects. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.