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Abstract
Primary objective: The present work investigated the behavioural and biochemistry effects of moderate exposure to a static magnetic field (SMF) in rats. SMF effects were evaluated in sham- and SMF-exposed rats.
Methods: Adult Wistar rats were exposed for 1 hour per day for 5 consecutive days to 128 millitesla (mT) SMF. Then, their motor skills were tested using a Stationary beam and Suspended string test. Iron level in plasma and brain (i.e. frontal cortex, basal ganglia, hippocampus and cerebellum) was measured.
Results: No significant change was observed between sham and SMF-exposed rats in the Stationary beam and Suspended string test. However, the same treatment induced an increase in plasma transferrin content (+25.4%) and decreased the iron level in plasma (−16.2%). The SMF treatment failed to alter the iron concentration in the brain.
Conclusion: The findings indicate that SMF exposure induced iron deficiency in plasma but did not induce motor-skills deficit.
| Abbreviations | ||
| SMF | = | static magnetic field |
| Tm | = | millitesla |
| ICNIRP | = | International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection |
| ELF | = | extremely low frequency |
| ELF-MF | = | extremely low frequency magnetic field |
| mv | = | millivolt |
| Hz | = | hertz. |
| Abbreviations | ||
| SMF | = | static magnetic field |
| Tm | = | millitesla |
| ICNIRP | = | International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection |
| ELF | = | extremely low frequency |
| ELF-MF | = | extremely low frequency magnetic field |
| mv | = | millivolt |
| Hz | = | hertz. |