Acute exposure to a 60 Hz magnetic field affects rats' water-maze performance
Authors not listed · 1998
Rats exposed to a 60 Hz magnetic field showed slower swim speed and spent less time in the target quadrant during a probe trial.
Plain English Summary
Rats were trained in six sessions to locate a submerged platform in a water maze and exposed to a 1 mT, 60 Hz magnetic field for one hour before each session. There was no significant difference in learning to locate the platform between exposed and control rats. Exposed rats had significantly slower swim speed and spent less time in the target quadrant during a probe trial, with different swim patterns.
Why This Matters
The study used sham-exposed controls with coils activated in anti-parallel direction to cancel fields and also included a non-exposed control group. The authors concluded that magnetic field exposure causes a deficit in spatial reference memory and that exposed rats probably used a different behavioral strategy.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
Show BibTeX
@article{acute_exposure_to_a_60_hz_magnetic_field_affects_rats_water_maze_performance_ce1572,
author = {Unknown},
title = {Acute exposure to a 60 Hz magnetic field affects rats' water-maze performance},
year = {1998},
doi = {10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1998)19:2<117::AID-BEM10>3.0.CO;2-N},
}