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Chronic exposure to 60-Hz electric fields: Effects on pineal function in the rat

✍ Scribed by Bary W. Wilson; Larry E. Anderson; D. Ian Hilton; Richard D. Phillips

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1981
Tongue: English
Weight: 568 KB
Volume: 2
Category: Article
ISSN: 0197-8462
DOI: 10.1002/bem.2250020408

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Abstract

As a component of studies to search for effects of 60‐Hz electric field exposure on mammalian endocrine function, concentrations of melatonin, 5‐methoxytryptophol, and serotonin‐Nacetyl transferase activity were measured in the pineal glands of rats exposed or sham‐exposed at 65 kV/m for 30 days. In two replicate experiments there were statistically significant differences between exposed and control rats in that the normal nocturnal increase in pineal melatonin content was depressed in the exposed animals. Concentrations of 5‐methoxytryptophol were increased in the pineal glands of the exposed groups when compared to shamexposed controls. An alteration was also observed in serotonin‐N‐acetyl transferase activity, with lower levels measured in pineal glands from exposed animals.

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