Cardiovascular response of rats exposed to 60‐Hz electric fields
作者:
D. I. Hilton,
R. D. Phillips,
期刊:
Bioelectromagnetics
(WILEY Available online 1980)
卷期:
Volume 1,
issue 1
页码: 55-64
ISSN:0197-8462
年代: 1980
DOI:10.1002/bem.2250010106
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: 60‐Hz electric fields;electrocardiogram (ECG);heart rate;blood pressure;vascular reactivity;cold stress;rats
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractRecently, it has been reported that exposure to high‐strength electric fields can influence electrocardiogram (ECG) patterns, heart rates, and blood pressures in various species of animals. Our studies were designed to evaluate these reported effects and to help clarify some of the disagreement present in the literature. Various cardiovascular variables were measured in Sprague‐Dawley rats exposed or sham‐exposed to 60‐Hz electric fields at 80 or 100 kV/m for periods up to four months. No significant differences in heart rates, ECG patterns, blood pressures, or vascular reactivity were observed between exposed and sham‐exposed rats after 8 hours, 40 hours, 1 month, or 4 months of exposure. Blood pressure and heart rate measurements, made during exposure to a 100‐kV/m electric field for one hour, revealed no significant differences between exposed and sham‐exposed groups. In addition, physiologic reserve capacity, measured in rats subjected to low temperature after exposure to 100 kV/m for one month, showed that electric‐field exposure had no significant effect on physiological response to cold stress. Our studies cannot be directly compared to the work of other investigators because of differences in animal species and electric‐field characteristics. However, our failure to detect any cardiovascular changes may have been the result of 1) eliminating secondary field effects such as shocks, audible noise, corona, and ozone; 2) minimizing steady‐state microcurrents between the mouth of the animal and watering devices; and 3) minimizing electric‐field‐induced vibration of the elec
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