Acute exposure to a 50 Hz magnetic field impairs consolidation of spatial memory in rats
Acute exposure to a 50 Hz magnetic field impairs consolidation of spatial memory in rats
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DOI:
10.1016/j.nlm.2007.07.010
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发表时间:
2007-11-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Taherian, Abbas Ali
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作者:
Jadidi, Majid;Firoozabadi, Seyed Mohammad;Taherian, Abbas Ali
This study was planned to evaluate the effect of an exposure to magnetic fields on consolidation and retrieval of hippocampus dependent spatial memory using a water maze. In Experiments 1 and 2, rats were trained in a hidden version (spatial) of water maze task with two blocks of four trials. The retention of spatial memory was evaluated 48 h later. Exposure to a 50 Hz 8 mT, but not 2 mT magnetic fields for 20 min immediately after training impaired retention performance. The same time exposure shortly before retention testing had no effect. In Experiment 3, rats were trained in a cued version of water maze with two blocks of four trials. Exposure to magnetic field at 8 mT for 20 min immediately after training did not impair retention performance. These findings indicate that acute exposure to a 50 Hz magnetic field at 8 mT for short time can impair consolidation of spatial memory. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.