CHANGES IN ACTIVITY OF CERTAIN ENZYMES IN THE CELLS OF CORTI'S ORGAN IN GUINEA PIGS FOLLOWING LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO MICROWAVES
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E. Boczynski, R. Zyss · 1972
Guinea pigs exposed to microwaves for 25 or 50 days showed decreased succinyl dehydrogenase and acetylcholinesterase activity and increased lactic dehydrogenase activity, with reversal 30 days post-exposure.
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Researchers exposed guinea pigs to microwave radiation of 10 em wavelength and 2 mW/cm! intensity for 4 hours daily over 25 or 50 days. They measured succinyl dehydrogenase, lactic dehydrogenase, and acetylcholinesterase activity in Corti's organ cells using histochemical methods. Exposure decreased succinyl dehydrogenase and acetylcholinesterase activity while increasing lactic dehydrogenase activity, and these changes disappeared 30 days after exposure stopped.
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E. Boczynski, R. Zyss (1972). CHANGES IN ACTIVITY OF CERTAIN ENZYMES IN THE CELLS OF CORTI'S ORGAN IN GUINEA PIGS FOLLOWING LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO MICROWAVES.
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@article{changes_in_activity_of_certain_enzymes_in_the_cells_of_corti_s_organ_in_guinea_p_g4865,
author = {E. Boczynski and R. Zyss},
title = {CHANGES IN ACTIVITY OF CERTAIN ENZYMES IN THE CELLS OF CORTI'S ORGAN IN GUINEA PIGS FOLLOWING LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO MICROWAVES},
year = {1972},
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Guinea pigs were exposed to microwave radiation of 10 em wavelength and 2 mW/cm! intensity for 4 hours daily over 25 or 50 days.
The activity of succinyl dehydrogenase, lactic dehydrogenase, and acetylcholinesterase was determined by histochemical methods.
Succinyl dehydrogenase and acetylcholinesterase activity decreased while lactic dehydrogenase activity increased.
Thirty days after exposure ended, the changes in enzyme activity disappeared.
The changes were interpreted as indicating a weakening of bioelectric activity in Corti's organ.