Evaluation of the Structural Changes of Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on Brain and Testes of Adult Male Mice
Saad El-Din, A., Abd El-Motaal, N., Abd El Hamid, H., El-Akid, Y. (2006). Evaluation of the Structural Changes of Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on Brain and Testes of Adult Male Mice. EKB Journal Management System, 24(1), 460-476. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2006.17909
Aisha A. Saad El-Din Saad El-Din; Nabila A. Abd El-Motaal; Haidy F. Abd El Hamid; Yasser F. El-Akid. "Evaluation of the Structural Changes of Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on Brain and Testes of Adult Male Mice". EKB Journal Management System, 24, 1, 2006, 460-476. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2006.17909
Saad El-Din, A., Abd El-Motaal, N., Abd El Hamid, H., El-Akid, Y. (2006). 'Evaluation of the Structural Changes of Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on Brain and Testes of Adult Male Mice', EKB Journal Management System, 24(1), pp. 460-476. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2006.17909
Saad El-Din, A., Abd El-Motaal, N., Abd El Hamid, H., El-Akid, Y. Evaluation of the Structural Changes of Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on Brain and Testes of Adult Male Mice. EKB Journal Management System, 2006; 24(1): 460-476. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2006.17909

Evaluation of the Structural Changes of Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on Brain and Testes of Adult Male Mice

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 5, Volume 24, Issue 1, July 2006, Pages 460-476    PDF (2.15 M)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2006.17909
Authors
Aisha A. Saad El-Din Saad El-Din1; Nabila A. Abd El-Motaal1; Haidy F. Abd El Hamid2; Yasser F. El-Akid3
1National Centre of Radiation Research and Technology, Egypt
2Department of Anatomy Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.
3Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.
Abstract
Theincreasingnumberofdevicesemittingmagneticfieldsraisedvalidquestionsconcerning theirsafetyandpotentialriskforhumanexposureanditslimits.Forthispurposefifteenadult micewereexposedtoextremelylowfrequencyelectromagneticfield(ELMF)atafrequencyof 60Hertz(Hz)andintensityof20millitesla(mT)for2hoursfor2consecutivedays.Other10 animalsservedasacontrol.
Aftertheirsacrifice,serumtestosteronewasdetermined.Inaddition,electron microscopicstudyofmicebrainsandtesteswasdone.
ThepresentstudyrevealedthatexposuretoEMFcausedsignificantincreaseinserum testosterone.
Electronmicroscopicexaminationofbraincellsshowedmarkeddemyelinationofnerve fibreswithdegenerationofnervecells.Therewasalsodegenerationofsomespermatogenic cellswithabnormalspermmorphology.
Inconclusion,thepresentstudyshowedevidentbiochemicalandhistopathologicalchangesof ELMFonthebrainandtestis.Furtherstudieswouldbeusefultoassesstheeffectofother dosesofexposureandtofollowthedegreeofreversibilityofthesechanges.Other investigationsarealsoadvisabletominimizetheabovebiologicaleffectsandprotectagainst ELMF.
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