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Effects of 50 Hz electromagnetic fields on rat cortical synaptosomes
Aldinucci C, Carretta A, Maiorca SM, Leoncini S, Signorini C, Ciccoli L, Pessina GP · 2009
View Original AbstractEven magnetic fields 2,000 times stronger than household levels showed no effects on rat brain cells' basic functions.
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Italian researchers exposed rat brain nerve terminals (synaptosomes) to 50 Hz magnetic fields at 2 milliTesla for 2 hours to study effects on basic cellular functions. They found no changes in energy production, calcium levels, membrane function, or oxidative stress markers. This suggests that power-frequency magnetic fields at this intensity don't disrupt fundamental brain cell processes.
Study Details
The present study examined the effect of a 2-h exposure of synaptosomes on a system generating a peak magnetic field of 2 mT.
We evaluated the changes of the synaptosomal mitochondrial respiration rate and ATP production, memb...
The intrasynaptosomal Ca2+ concentration decreased slowly and no depolarization of the synaptosomal...
These results indicate that the physiological behavior of cortical synaptosomes was unaffected by weak pulsed EMFs.
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@article{c_2009_effects_of_50_hz_2822,
author = {Aldinucci C and Carretta A and Maiorca SM and Leoncini S and Signorini C and Ciccoli L and Pessina GP},
title = {Effects of 50 Hz electromagnetic fields on rat cortical synaptosomes},
year = {2009},
doi = {10.1177/0748233709103031},
url = {https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0748233709103031},
}