ISSN:
0197-8462
Keywords:
melatonin
;
pineal gland
;
6-sulphatoxymelatonin
;
aMT6s
;
ELF
;
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Occupational Health and Environmental Toxicology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Physics
Notes:
The effect of exposure to a 50 Hz, vertical magnetic field on the excretion of urinary 6-sulphatoxymelatonin (aMT6s) of rats was studied in a self-controlled experiment. Ten male Wistar rats were kept under 9:15 h light:dark conditions in metabolic cages. The rats were exposed to 1.0 or 100 μT flux density for 24 h. The excretion of aMT6s, which is the primary metabolite of melatonin in the urine, did not show a statistically significant decrease, as measured by 125I radioimmunoassay, during or after magnetic field exposure of rats to either flux density. At 100 μT flux density, the increase of aMT6s excretion on the day after exposure was statistically significant (P 〈 .02), compared with the value under exposure, but was not significant compared with the baseline values before exposure. Bioelectromagnetics 18:190-192, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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