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Abstract
Fifty-hertz power line-treated magnetically restructured water induced changes in rat brain was studied. Triple-distilled water samples were exposed to 36.2 RMS and (51.2 peak) μT power line magnetic fields for 48 hr. This magnetized water sample was given to adult male rats of Charles–Foster strain for drinking ad libitum for a period of 30 days, at the end of which the rats were anaesthetized with ether and then fixed by perfusion with 10% neutral formalin. The brains were dissected out and further fixed in the same fixative. The corresponding control rats provided with unmagnetized triple-distilled water were similarly treated. On gross examination, no anomaly was observed in the treated group. On histological examination, marked spongiform changes leading to neuronal degeneration were observed in cerebral and hippocampal cortices. The study adds a further link in demonstrating that power line exposure induced stable changes in water structures affect biomechanisms of tissue fluids.