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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 AbstractRat brain cells showed no functional changes after 2-hour exposure to 2 milliTesla magnetic fields, roughly 10-200 times stronger than typical home exposures.
Plain English Summary
Italian researchers exposed rat brain nerve terminals (synaptosomes) to 50 Hz magnetic fields at 2 milliTesla for 2 hours and measured multiple indicators of cellular function including energy production, calcium levels, and oxidative stress markers. They found no changes in any of the measured parameters, indicating that this level of extremely low frequency magnetic field exposure did not affect normal nerve terminal function. This suggests that moderate-strength power frequency magnetic fields may not directly disrupt basic brain cell operations at the cellular level.
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_2890,
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},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19651794/},
}