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Pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures are not altered by pre- or post-drug exposure to a 50 Hz magnetic field.
Canseven AG, Keskil ZA, Keskil S, Seyhan N. · 2007
View Original Abstract50 Hz magnetic fields at levels 20-2000 times higher than typical home exposures showed no effect on seizure activity in mice.
Plain English Summary
Researchers tested whether 50 Hz magnetic fields (the type from power lines) could affect seizures in mice, either making them better or worse. They exposed mice to magnetic fields before and after giving them a seizure-inducing drug, measuring how quickly seizures started and how long they lasted. The magnetic field exposure had no effect on seizures whatsoever, suggesting these fields don't influence brain seizure activity at the levels tested.
Study Details
To investigate whether pre- and post-drug magnetic field (MF) exposure of 50 Hz, 0.2 mT has any significant effect on pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-induced seizures in mice.
MF was generated by a pair of Helmholtz coils. Seizures were induced by PTZ injection intraperitonea...
Neither pre- nor post-drug exposure to a 50 Hz, 0.2 mT MF was found to have any effect on PTZ-induce...
The present study failed to provide any support for a therapeutic potential of a 50 Hz, 0.2 mT MF for epilepsy.
Show BibTeX
@article{ag_2007_pentylenetetrazolinduced_seizures_are_not_2893,
author = {Canseven AG and Keskil ZA and Keskil S and Seyhan N.},
title = {Pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures are not altered by pre- or post-drug exposure to a 50 Hz magnetic field.},
year = {2007},
doi = {10.1080/09553000701206676},
url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09553000701206676},
}