The Effects of Prenatal Exposure to a 900 Megahertz Electromagnetic Field on Hippocampus Morphology and Learning Behavior in Rat Pups.
İkinci A, Odacı E, Yıldırım M, Kaya H, Akça M, Hancı H, Aslan A, Sönmez OF, Baş O · 2013
View Original AbstractPrenatal exposure to 900 MHz EMF adversely affected female rat pups' learning behavior and caused histopathological changes in the hippocampus.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed pregnant rats to 900 MHz EMF for one hour daily from day 13 to 21 of pregnancy. The study used 3 pregnant rats per group and yielded 13 control and 10 EMF female pups for testing.
Why This Matters
The study aimed to examine how prenatal 900 MHz EMF exposure affects hippocampus morphology and learning behavior in rat pups. Brain tissues were collected on postnatal day 32 and stained with Cresyl fast violet for histological analysis.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study. The study examined exposure from: 900 MHz Duration: continuous for 1 h/day from day 13 to 21 of pregnancy
Study Details
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect on hippocampus morphology and learning behavior in rat pups following prenatal exposure to a 900 megahertz (MHz) electromagnetic field (EMF)
Female Sprague Dawley rats weighing 180-250 g were left to mate with males. The following day, pregn...
Our results show that the application of a 900 MHz EMF in the prenatal period adversely affected female pups’ learning behavior and also resulted in histopathological changes appearing in the hippocampus.
Show BibTeX
@article{a_2013_the_effects_of_prenatal_1499,
author = {İkinci A and Odacı E and Yıldırım M and Kaya H and Akça M and Hancı H and Aslan A and Sönmez OF and Baş O},
title = {The Effects of Prenatal Exposure to a 900 Megahertz Electromagnetic Field on Hippocampus Morphology and Learning Behavior in Rat Pups.},
year = {2013},
url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315135914},
}