Ultra-wideband electromagnetic pulses: Lack of effects on heart rate and blood pressure during two-minute exposures of rats
✍ Scribed by James R. Jauchem; Ronald L. Seaman; Heather M. Lehnert; Satnam P. Mathur; Kathy L. Ryan; Melvin R. Frei; William D. Hurt
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0197-8462
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✦ Synopsis
Exposure to fast-rise-time ultra-wideband (UWB) electromagnetic pulses has been postulated to result in effects on biological tissue (including the cardiovascular system). In the current study, 10 anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to pulses produced by a Sandia UWB pulse generator (average values of exposures over three different pulse repetition rates: rise time, 174-218 ps; peak E field, 87-104 kV/m; pulse duration, 0.97-0.99 ns). Exposures to 50, 500 and 1000 pulses/s resulted in no significant changes in heart rate or mean arterial blood pressure measured every 30 s during 2 min of exposure and for 2 min after the exposure. The results suggest that acute UWB whole-body exposure under these conditions does not have an immediate detrimental effect on these cardiovascular system variables in anesthetized rats.