title: Exposure to a 900 MHz electromagnetic field for 1 hour a day over 30 days does change the histopathology and biochemistry of the rat testis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of exposure to a 900 megahertz (MHz) electromagnetic field (EMF) on the rat testicle.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four adult male rats were divided into control, sham and EMF groups. The EMF group rats were exposed to 900 MHz EMF (1 h/30 day), and testicles were extracted at the end of the experiment. Malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione levels and apoptotic index and histopathological damage scores were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Histopathologically, EMF group rats exhibited vacuoles in seminiferous tubules basal membrane and edema in the intertubular space. Seminiferous tubule diameters and germinal epithelium thickness were both smaller, and apoptotic index was higher, in the EMF group than in the other groups. Malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione values in the EMF group decreased significantly compared to those of the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results show that exposure to 900 MHz EMF causes alterations in adult rat testicular morphology and biochemistry.
authors: Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University , Trabzon , Turkey.
authors: Ersan
authors: E
authors: Odacı
authors: Cansu
authors: C
authors: Özyılmaz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013737:Testis / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Testicle; apoptosis; electromagnetic field; rat