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Effects of 50 Hz magnetic fields on gap junctional intercellular communication in NIH3T3 cells.

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Percherancier Y, Goudeau B, Charlet de Sauvage R, de Gannes FP, Haro E, Hurtier A, Sojic N, Lagroye I, Arbault S, Veyret B. · 2015

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This study found no disruption of cellular communication from 50 Hz magnetic fields at levels 4-10 times higher than typical home exposures.

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Researchers exposed mouse cells to 50 Hz magnetic fields for 24 hours to study whether these fields affect gap junctions (tiny channels that allow cells to communicate with each other). They found no impact on cell communication at the magnetic field strengths tested (0.4 and 1 mT), contradicting some previous studies that suggested power frequency fields could disrupt this cellular function.

Study Details

The present study focused on gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) as a target for biological effects of extremely low-frequency (ELF) magnetic field (MF) exposure.

Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching microscopy (FRAP) was used to visualize diffusion of a fl...

In contrast to other reports of ELF-MF effects on GJIC, under our experimental conditions we observe...

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Percherancier Y, Goudeau B, Charlet de Sauvage R, de Gannes FP, Haro E, Hurtier A, Sojic N, Lagroye I, Arbault S, Veyret B. (2015). Effects of 50 Hz magnetic fields on gap junctional intercellular communication in NIH3T3 cells. Bioelectromagnetics. 2015 Apr 3. doi: 10.1002/bem.21908.
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@article{y_2015_effects_of_50_hz_2902,
  author = {Percherancier Y and Goudeau B and Charlet de Sauvage R and de Gannes FP and Haro E and Hurtier A and Sojic N and Lagroye I and Arbault S and Veyret B.},
  title = {Effects of 50 Hz magnetic fields on gap junctional intercellular communication in NIH3T3 cells.},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {10.1002/bem.21908},
  url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bem.21908},
}

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Researchers exposed mouse cells to 50 Hz magnetic fields for 24 hours to study whether these fields affect gap junctions (tiny channels that allow cells to communicate with each other). They found no impact on cell communication at the magnetic field strengths tested (0.4 and 1 mT), contradicting some previous studies that suggested power frequency fields could disrupt this cellular function.