Synaptosome behaviour is unaffected by weak pulsed electromagnetic fields

• Published in: Bioelectromagnetics Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 477 - 483
• Main Authors: Aldinucci, C., Carretta, A., Maiorca, S., Rossi, V., Ciccoli, L., Pessina, G.P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.09.2007
• Subjects: Animals; Cells, Cultured; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; electromagnetic field; Electromagnetic Fields; free iron release; free radicals; Male; membrane potential; Mitochondria - physiology; Mitochondria - radiation effects; Mitochondrial Membranes - physiology; Mitochondrial Membranes - radiation effects; Oxygen Consumption - drug effects; Oxygen Consumption - physiology; Radiation Dosage; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; synaptosomes; Synaptosomes - physiology; Synaptosomes - radiation effects

The present study examined the effect on rat cortical synaptosomes of a 2 h exposure to 50‐Hz electromagnetic fields (EMFs) with a peak magnetic field of 2 mT. We measured modifications of synaptosomal mitochondrial respiration rate, ATP production, membrane potential, intrasynaptosomal Ca2+ concent...