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Effect of relative humidity on the movement of rat vibrissae in a 60‐Hz electric field
Author(s) -
Weigel R. J.,
Lundstrom D. L.
Publication year - 1987
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.2250080112
Subject(s) - relative humidity , electric field , humidity , field (mathematics) , atmospheric sciences , physics , meteorology , zoology , environmental science , mathematics , biology , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
The snouts of rats were placed in a 60‐Hz electric field at an unperturbed field strength of 50 kV/m. A count of the number of vibrissae that moved in the field was made on a series of rats over a number of days where the laboratory humidity varied from 25% to 48%. The number observed to vibrate fell from nine to zero or one at relative humidities between 25% and 39%, respectively.