ID Number		2575
Study Type		In Vivo
Model		Study on behaviors of adult male rats exposed to 50 Hz/100 ¼T ELF.
Details		AUTHORS' ABSTRACT: Lai et al. 2016 (IEEE #6337): Recently, extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) have received considerable attentions for their potential pathogenicity. In the present study, we explored the effects of ELF-EMF on behaviors of adult male rats. Sixty adult male rats were randomly divided into two groups, the sham exposure group and the 50Hz/100¼T ELF-EMF exposure group. During the 24 weeks exposure, body weight, as well as food and water intake were recorded. Results showed that food and water intake and the body weight of the rats were not affected by the exposure. After 24 weeks exposure, open field test and elevated plus maze were conducted to evaluate the anxiety-like behavior, the tail suspension test and forced swim test were conducted to evaluate depression-like behavior and Morris water maze and fear conditioning tests were used to evaluate the cognitive and memory ability. Exposure to ELF-EMF did not induce any anxiety-like or depression-like behaviors compared with the sham exposure. Moreover, the cognitive and memory ability was not impaired by the ELF-EMF exposure. Furthermore, ELF-EMF exposure did not affect the morphology and histology of the brain. In conclusion, 24 weeks exposure to 50Hz/100¼T ELF-EMF had no effect on the behaviors of the adult male rats.
Findings		No Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Huazhong U of Scien and Tech, Wuhan, China
Funding Agency		?????
Country		CHINA
References		Lai, J et al. Neurotoxicology., (2016) 52:104-113
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