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Can safe and long-term exposure to extremely low frequency (50 Hz) magnetic fields affect apoptosis, reproduction, and oxidative stress?
Akdag MZ, Dasdag S, Uzunlar AK, Ulukaya E, Oral AY, Celik N, Akşen F. · 2013
View Original AbstractTen months of magnetic field exposure showed no reproductive harm in rats, but higher levels increased cellular death markers.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed rats to 50 Hz magnetic fields (the same frequency as power lines) for 10 months to test effects on sperm health, cell death, and oxidative stress. They found no impact on sperm count or quality, and no oxidative damage at either exposure level tested. However, higher exposure (500 μT) did increase markers of programmed cell death in testicular tissue.
Study Details
To determine whether 50 Hz extremely low frequency-magnetic fields (ELF-MF) affects apoptotic processes, oxidative damage, and reproductive characteristics such as sperm count and morphology in rat testes.
Thirty male Sprague-Dawley rats were used in the present study, which were divided into three groups...
There were no significant differences in the reproductive and oxidative stress parameters between th...
Long-term exposure to 100 μT and 500 μT ELF-MF did not affect oxidative or antioxidative processes, lipid peroxidation, or reproductive components such as sperm count and morphology in testes tissue of rats. However, long-term exposure to 500 μT ELF-MF did affect active-caspase-3 activity, which is a well-known apoptotic indicator.
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@article{mz_2013_can_safe_and_longterm_2836,
author = {Akdag MZ and Dasdag S and Uzunlar AK and Ulukaya E and Oral AY and Celik N and Akşen F.},
title = {Can safe and long-term exposure to extremely low frequency (50 Hz) magnetic fields affect apoptosis, reproduction, and oxidative stress?},
year = {2013},
doi = {10.3109/09553002.2013.817705},
url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/09553002.2013.817705},
}