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, Page 460-476 PDF (2.15 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2006.17909 | ||||
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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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