The Effects of 900 Megahertz Electromagnetic Field Applied in the Prenatal Period on Spinal Cord Morphology and Motor Behavior in Female Rat Pups
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Ersan Odacı
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ayşe İkinci
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yıldırım Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Haydar Kaya Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Metehan AKÇA Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Hatice Hancı Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Osman Fikret Sönmez
Prof. Dr. Ali Aslan Ordu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mukadder Okuyan Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Orhan Baş Ordu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | NEUROQUANTOLOGY | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1303-5150 | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 01-2013 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 11 / 4 / 573–581 | DOI | 10.14704/nq.2013.11.4.698 |
| Makale Linki | http://www.neuroquantology.com/index.php/journal/article/view/698 | ||
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| This study investigated the effect of a 900 megahertz (MHz) electromagnetic field (EMF) applied in the prenatal period on the spinal cord and motor behavior of female rat pups. Beginning of the study, female Sprague Dawley rats (180-250 g) were left to mate with male rats. Rats identified as pregnant were then divided into control (n=3) and EMF groups (n=3). The EMF group was exposed to 1-h 900 MHz EMF daily between days 13 and 21 of pregnancy. At 21 days old, rat pups were removed from their mothers and divided into two newborn rat groups, control (n=13) and EMF (n=10). The rotarod test was applied to the rat pups to assess motor functions and the open field test to evaluate locomotor activity. On day 32 of the study, the rat pups were decapitated, and the spinal cord in the upper thoracic region was removed. Following routine histological tests, they were stained with Cresyl fast violet. Rotarod test results revealed a significant increase in EMF group rat pups' motor functions (p=0.037). However, no difference was observed in the open field test results (p>0.05). In the EMF group' rat pups, we observed pathological changes in the spinal cord. On the basis of our results, 900 MHz EMF applied in the prenatal period affected spinal cord development. This effect was observed in the form of pathological changes in the spinal cord of rat pups, and it may be that these pathological changes led to an increase in rat pups' motor activities. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| female rat | electromagnetic field | spinal cord | motor behavior |
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| Web of Science | 32 |
| Google Scholar | 48 |