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Pulsed electromagnetic fields induced femoral metaphyseal bone thickness changes in the rat
Author(s) -
MárquezGamiño S.,
Sotelo F.,
Sosa M.,
Caudillo C.,
Holguín G.,
Ramos M.,
Mesa F.,
Bernal J.,
Córdova T.
Publication year - 2008
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.20396
Subject(s) - cortical bone , stimulation , in vivo , medicine , anatomy , nuclear medicine , materials science , endocrinology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
The effect of 1 Hz, 30 mT pulsed magnetic fields on young adult rat femoral metaphyseal bone thickness was assessed. Ten same litter, female Wistar rats were studied; five of them underwent 30 min magnetic stimulation sessions for 20 consecutive days. The anterior and posterior cortical, as well as trabecular bone transverse thicknesses were measured. The results obtained under clear field microscopy in stimulated and control histological cuts were (in µm) 398 ± 32 versus 260 ± 22 ( P = 0.002), 380 ± 68 versus 252 ± 21 ( P = 0.03), and 168 ± 11 versus 112 ± 11 ( P = 0.002), respectively. The transcranial magnetic stimulation system, approved for human therapy, generates pulsed electromagnetic fields, which induce a significant thickness increase in cortical and trabecular in vivo stimulated bone tissues. This is the first time this effect in healthy animals is shown. Bioelectromagnetics 29:406–409, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.