title: Prenatal exposure to a 50 Hz magnetic field has no effect on spatial learning in adult mice.
abstract: Male CD1 mice were exposed in utero to a 50 Hz sinusoidal magnetic field at 5 mT (rms) for the period of gestation and were raised subsequently without applied fields. At 82-84 days of age, they began a radial-arm-maze experiment that was designed to test for deficits in spatial learning and memory. Mice exposed in utero and sham-exposed mice exhibited no statistically significant differences in performances.
authors.affiliation: National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Sienkiewicz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Larder
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008280:Magnetics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008568:Memory / Q000528:radiation effects; D051379:Mice; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects