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Assessment of the neurotoxic potential of exposure to 50 Hz extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) in naïve and chemically-stressed PC12 cells.
de Groot MW, Kock MD, Westerink RH. · 2014
View Original AbstractMagnetic fields from power lines showed no nerve cell damage at levels 10,000 times higher than typical home exposure.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed nerve cells (PC12 cells) to 50 Hz magnetic fields at levels up to 1,000 microtesla for periods ranging from 30 minutes to 48 hours. They tested both healthy cells and chemically-stressed cells that were more vulnerable to damage. The magnetic field exposure caused no detectable effects on calcium levels, cellular damage, or oxidative stress in either type of cell.
Study Details
To investigate the potential neurotoxic effects of acute (30 minutes) and sub-chronic (48 hours) exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields alone or in combination with chemical stress on PC-12 cells.
We therefore investigated effects of acute (30 min) and sub-chronic (48 h) exposure to 50 Hz ELF-EMF...
Our data demonstrate that acute exposure of naïve PC12 cells to 50 Hz ELF-EMF up to 1000 μT fails to...
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@article{mw_2014_assessment_of_the_neurotoxic_2839,
author = {de Groot MW and Kock MD and Westerink RH.},
title = {Assessment of the neurotoxic potential of exposure to 50 Hz extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) in naïve and chemically-stressed PC12 cells.},
year = {2014},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0161813X14001387},
}