Main Title |
Effect of Ambient Levels of Power-Line-Frequency Electric Fields on a Developing Vertebrate (Journal Version). |
Author |
Blackman, C. F. ;
House, D. E. ;
Benane, S. G. ;
Joines, W. T. ;
Spiegel, R. J. ;
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CORP Author |
Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. |
Publisher |
1988 |
Year Published |
1988 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/J-88/091; |
Stock Number |
PB89-109706 |
Additional Subjects |
Electric fields ;
Power lines ;
Chick embryo ;
Calcium ;
Brain ;
Electromagnetic fields ;
Reprints ;
Fetal development ;
Biological radiation effects ;
Biological transport
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
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Last Modified |
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NTIS |
PB89-109706 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
14p |
Abstract |
Fertilized eggs of Gallus domesticus were exposed continuously during their 21-day incubation period to either 50-Hz or 60-Hz sinusoidal electric fields at an average intensity of 10 Vrms/m. Within 1.5 days after hatching, the chickens were removed from the apparatus and tested. The test consisted of examining the effect of 50- or 60-Hz electromagnetic fields at 15.9 Vrms/m and 73 nTrms (in a local geomagnetic field of 38 uT, 85 deg N) on efflux of calcium ions from the chicken brain. For eggs exposed to 60-Hz electric fields during incubation, the chicken brains demonstrated a significant response to 50-Hz fields but not to 60-Hz fields, in agreement with the results from commercially incubated eggs. In contrast, the brains from chicks exposed during incubation to 50-Hz fields were not affected by either 50- or 60-Hz fields. These results demonstrate that exposure of a developing organism to ambient power-line-frequency electric fields at levels typically found inside buildings can alter the response of brain tissue to radiation-induced calcium-ion efflux. |
Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Bioelectromagnetics, v9 p129-140 1988. |
NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
Title Annotations |
Reprint: Effect of Ambient Levels of Power-Line-Frequency Electric Fields on a Developing Vertebrate (Journal Version). |
Category Codes |
57V; 68F |
NTIS Prices |
PC A03/MF A01 |
Primary Description |
600/11 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
834424233 |
Origin |
NTIS |
Type |
CAT |