Reduction of the nocturnal rise in pineal melatonin levels in rats exposed to 60-Hz electric fields in utero and for 23 days after birth

Conference · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5477265

Reiter, R J; Anderson, L E; Buschbom, R I; Wilson, B W

Rats exposed to 60-Hz electric fields of either 10, 65, or 130 kV/m from conception to 23 days of age exhibited reduced peak nighttime pineal melatonin contents compared to unexposed controls. As a group, the exposed rats also exhibited a phase delay, estimated at approximately 1.4 hours, in the occurrence of the nocturnal melatonin peak. No clear dose-response relationship was noticed over the range of electric field strengths used as treatments in these experiments. These are the first studies concerned with the effects of electric field exposure on the pineal melatonin rhythm in immature rats and the findings are generally consistent with those obtained using adult rats, where electric field exposure has been shown to abolish the nighttime rhythm in pineal melatonin concentrations. 15 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA); Texas Univ., San Antonio (USA). Health Science Center
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5477265
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-15028; CONF-8709165-2; ON: DE88005684
• Resource Relation: Conference: International workshop on the pineal gland and cancer, Tubingen, F.R. Germany, 8 Sep 1987; Other Information: Paper copy only, copy does not permit microfiche production
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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