Effects of extremely-low-frequency electric fields on neuronal activity in rat brain.
The effects of 50-, 30-, and 15-Hz electric field exposure on the activity of spontaneously firing neurons in the brain of anaesthetized rats were studied. Exposure to fields of 100 V/m (peak-to-peak, in air) produced no effect on the overall rate of neuronal firing, but some synchronicity with the period of the exposure waveform was seen with 15- and 30-Hz electric fields.
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology*; D002490:Central Nervous System; D004560:Electricity; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains