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Effects of prenatal 900 MHz electromagnetic field exposures on the histology of rat kidney.

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Ulubay M, Yahyazadeh A, Deniz OG, Kıvrak EG, Altunkaynak BZ, Erdem G, Kaplan S. · 2015

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Prenatal exposure to 900 MHz EMF increased total kidney volume and decreased glomeruli numbers, while melatonin and omega-3 prevented these adverse effects.

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Researchers studied the effects of prenatal 900 MHz EMF exposure on kidney histology in four-week-old male rats using seven groups including EMF-exposed and supplement-treated groups. EMF exposure significantly increased mean kidney and cortex volume compared to controls. EMF exposure decreased the total number of glomeruli compared to controls. Melatonin and omega-3 supplementation prevented the adverse effects of EMF on the kidneys.

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Groups not exposed to EMF showed no significant changes in kidney volume compared to controls. The total number of glomeruli was significantly higher in non-EMF-exposed groups than in controls.

Study Details

To research the harmful effects of prenatal exposure of 900 megahertz (MHz) electromagnetic field (EMF) on kidneys of four-week-old male rats and to determine protective effects of melatonin (MEL) and omega-3 (ω-3).

Twenty-one Wistar albino rats were randomly placed into seven groups as follows: Control (Cont), Sha...

Stereological results determined the mean volume of the kidneys and cortices were significantly incr...

Prenatal exposure of rat kidneys to 900 MHz EMF resulted in increased total kidney volume and decreased the numbers of glomeruli. Moreover, MEL and ω-3 prevented adverse effects of EMF on the kidneys.

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Ulubay M, Yahyazadeh A, Deniz OG, Kıvrak EG, Altunkaynak BZ, Erdem G, Kaplan S. (2015). Effects of prenatal 900 MHz electromagnetic field exposures on the histology of rat kidney. Int J Radiat Biol. 91(1):35-41, 2015.
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@article{m_2015_effects_of_prenatal_900_1717,
  author = {Ulubay M and Yahyazadeh A and Deniz OG and Kıvrak EG and Altunkaynak BZ and Erdem G and Kaplan S.},
  title = {Effects of prenatal 900 MHz electromagnetic field exposures on the histology of rat kidney.},
  year = {2015},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25084839/},
}
PubMed: 25084839

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Prenatal EMF exposure significantly increased the mean volume of kidneys and cortices compared to controls.
The total number of glomeruli decreased in EMF-exposed groups compared to controls.
Melatonin and omega-3 prevented the adverse effects of EMF on the kidneys.
Non-EMF-exposed groups showed no significant changes in kidney volume and had significantly higher glomeruli counts than controls.