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Change of nitric oxide concentration in men exposed to a 1.5 T constant magnetic field
Author(s) -
Sırmatel Öcal,
Sert Cemil,
Tümer Cemil,
Öztürk Adil,
Bilgin Murat,
Ziylan Zeki
Publication year - 2007
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/bem.20281
Subject(s) - constant (computer programming) , nitric oxide , magnetic field , field (mathematics) , materials science , nuclear magnetic resonance , physics , chemistry , medicine , mathematics , computer science , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , programming language
This study was carried out in order to determine nitric oxide (NO) production immediately after a 1.5 T magnetic field 30 min exposure to an experimental group, comprising 33 healthy young male volunteers aged 18–26 years old. In addition, a control group, comprising 30 healthy male volunteers aged 19–26 years old, was not exposed to the magnetic field and their NO levels were also measured. The experimental group was exposed using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus. Nitrite and nitrate concentrations were determined by UV‐VIS spectrophotometer. The results, related to the parameters measured in this study, were analyzed by one‐way ANOVA. Total nitrite concentration in post‐magnetic field samples was found to be higher than in pre‐magnetic field samples ( P < .05). Bioelectromagnetics 2007. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.