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Title: Effects of 60 Hz electric fields on operant and social stress behaviors of nonhuman primates: Projects 3 and 4

Abstract

The objective of this program is to investigate, using the baboon as a nonhuman primate surrogate for the human, possible hehavioral effects associated with exposure to high intensity 60 Hz electric fields. Results from this program, along with information from experiments conducted elsewhere, will be used by the Department of Energy (DOE) to estimate and evaluate the likelihood of deleterious consequences resulting from exposure of humans to the electric fields associated with power transmission over high voltage lines. This research program consists of four major research projects, all of which have been successfully completed. The third project assessed, in separate experiments conducted at 30 and 60 kV/m, effects of chronic exposure to electric fields on the performance of two operant conditioning tasks, fixed ratio (FR), and differential reinforcement of low rate (DRL). In the same two experiments, the fourth project investigated, using the systematic quantitative observational sampling methods of primatology, the possible stress-inducing effects of chronic exposure to 60 Hz electric fields on the behavior of baboons living in small social groups. This volume contains only appendices for projects 3 and 4. 81 figs., 67 tabs.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
DOE/CE
OSTI Identifier:
6831473
Report Number(s):
DOE/RA/50219-T19
ON: DE90012574
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-80RA50219
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAN; HEALTH HAZARDS; AVOIDANCE; BABOONS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; NEOPLASMS; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; PROGRESS REPORT; SOCIAL IMPACT; ANIMALS; DATA; DISEASES; DOCUMENT TYPES; HAZARDS; INFORMATION; MAMMALS; MONKEYS; NUMERICAL DATA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATES; 560400* - Other Environmental Pollutant Effects

Citation Formats

Rogers, W R, Coelho, Jr, A M, Easley, S P, Orr, J L, Smith, H D, Taylor, L L, and Tuttle, M L. Effects of 60 Hz electric fields on operant and social stress behaviors of nonhuman primates: Projects 3 and 4. United States: N. p., 1987. Web. doi:10.2172/6831473.
Rogers, W R, Coelho, Jr, A M, Easley, S P, Orr, J L, Smith, H D, Taylor, L L, & Tuttle, M L. Effects of 60 Hz electric fields on operant and social stress behaviors of nonhuman primates: Projects 3 and 4. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6831473
Rogers, W R, Coelho, Jr, A M, Easley, S P, Orr, J L, Smith, H D, Taylor, L L, and Tuttle, M L. 1987. "Effects of 60 Hz electric fields on operant and social stress behaviors of nonhuman primates: Projects 3 and 4". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6831473. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6831473.
@article{osti_6831473,
title = {Effects of 60 Hz electric fields on operant and social stress behaviors of nonhuman primates: Projects 3 and 4},
author = {Rogers, W R and Coelho, Jr, A M and Easley, S P and Orr, J L and Smith, H D and Taylor, L L and Tuttle, M L},
abstractNote = {The objective of this program is to investigate, using the baboon as a nonhuman primate surrogate for the human, possible hehavioral effects associated with exposure to high intensity 60 Hz electric fields. Results from this program, along with information from experiments conducted elsewhere, will be used by the Department of Energy (DOE) to estimate and evaluate the likelihood of deleterious consequences resulting from exposure of humans to the electric fields associated with power transmission over high voltage lines. This research program consists of four major research projects, all of which have been successfully completed. The third project assessed, in separate experiments conducted at 30 and 60 kV/m, effects of chronic exposure to electric fields on the performance of two operant conditioning tasks, fixed ratio (FR), and differential reinforcement of low rate (DRL). In the same two experiments, the fourth project investigated, using the systematic quantitative observational sampling methods of primatology, the possible stress-inducing effects of chronic exposure to 60 Hz electric fields on the behavior of baboons living in small social groups. This volume contains only appendices for projects 3 and 4. 81 figs., 67 tabs.},
doi = {10.2172/6831473},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6831473}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987}
}