Thyroid morphology and activity does not respond to ELF electromagnetic field exposures.
The hypothesis that the thyroid is the sensitive organ for extremely low freqency electromagnetic field effects was tested. Rats that had been exposed either preinatally or as adults to several intensities of 0.5 Hz magnetic fields displayed no significant alterations in thyroid morphology or circulating hormone measures.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology; D051381:Rats; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood
D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013974:Thyroxine