Effects of 60 Hz electric fields on operant and social stress behaviors of nonhuman primates

Technical Report · Sat Oct 24 04:00:00 EDT 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6904605· OSTI ID:6904605

Rogers, W R; Coelho, Jr, A M; Easley, S P; Lucas, J H; Moore, G T; Orr, J L; Smith, H D; Taylor, L L; Tuttle, M L

The objective of this program is to investigate, using the baboon as a nonhuman primate surrogate for the human, possible behavioral 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 first project evaluated the potentially aversive character of exposure to 60 Hz electric fields by determining the threshold intensity that produces escape or avoidance responses. The second project estimated the threshold intensity for detection threshold was 12 kV/m; the range of means was 6 to 16 kV/m. 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. 131 refs., 87 figs., 123 tabs.

• Research Organization: Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/CE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-80RA50219
• OSTI ID: 6904605
• Report Number(s): DOE/RA/50219-T17; ON: DE90012576
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AVOIDANCE
BABOONS
BEHAVIOR
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL STRESS
BODY
BRAIN
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
COOPERATION
CURRENTS
DATA
DISEASES
DOCUMENT TYPES
DOSES
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GLANDS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
INFORMATION
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
MAMMALS
MAN
MONKEYS
NEOPLASMS
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANS
PINEAL GLAND
POWER TRANSMISSION LINES
PRIMATES
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIATION DOSES
SOCIAL IMPACT
THRESHOLD CURRENT
THRESHOLD DOSE
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