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Prenatal exposure to a 50 Hz magnetic field has no effect on spatial learning in adult mice
Author(s) -
Sienkiewicz Ze J.,
Larder Sally,
Saunders Richard D.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1996)17:3<249::aid-bem12>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - in utero , spatial learning , gestation , prenatal exposure , physiology , medicine , pregnancy , audiology , endocrinology , biology , fetus , hippocampus , genetics
Abstract Male CD1 mice were exposed in utero to a 50 Hz sinusoidal magnetic field at 5 mT (rms) for the period of gestation and were raised subsequently without applied fields. At 82‐84 days of age, they began a radial‐arm‐maze experiment that was designed to test for deficits in spatial learning in memory. Mice exposed in utero and sham‐exposed mice exhibited no statistically significant differences in performances. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.