Tissue interactions with nonionizing electromagnetic fields. Final report, March 1979-February 1986

Technical Report · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5381575

Adey, W R; Bawin, S M; Byus, C V; Cain, C D; Lin-Liu, S; Luben, R A; Lyle, D B; Sagan, P M; Sheppard, A R; Stell, M A

This report provides an overview of this research program focused on basic research in nervous system responses to electric fields at 60 Hz. The emphasis in this project was to determine the fundamental mechanisms underlying some phenomena of electric field interactions in neural systems. The five studies of the initial program were tests of behavioral responses in the rat based upon the hypothesis that electric field detection might follow psychophysical rules known from prior research with light, sound and other stimuli; tests of electrophysiological responses to ''normal'' forms of stimulation in rat brain tissue exposed in vitro to electric fields, based on the hypothesis that the excitability of brain tissue might be affected by fields in the extracellular environment; tests of electrophysiological responses of spontaneously active pacemaker neurons of the Aplysia abdominal ganglion, based on the hypothesis that electric field interactions at the cell membrane might affect the balance among the several membrane-related processes that govern pacemaker activity; studies of mechanisms of low frequency electromagnetic field interactions with bone cells in the context of field therapy of ununited fractures; and manipulation of cell surface receptor proteins in studies of their mobility during EM field exposure.

• Research Organization: Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Administration Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA (USA); Loma Linda Univ., CA (USA); California Univ., Riverside (USA). Div. of Biomedical Sciences
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-79ET29078
• OSTI ID: 5381575
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/29078-T2; ON: DE86014715
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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