Summary
Recent investigations on physiological effects of pre- and neo-natal exposure to an ELF rotating magnetic field on rats show that considerable changes in the behavior and in thyroid and testicle weights are to the found. The possible reaction mechanism is discussed in detial, but there is no final concept.
The present experiments, especially those concerned with the conditioned responses of rats that had been exposed during various phases of pre- and neonatal development, characterize the general findings to date and problems to be solved. A possible influence of ELF fields on the growth of the nervous system suggests interesting consequences in the development of the organism far from the surface of the earth.
Zusammenfassung
Die neuesten Forschungen über den prä- und perinatalen Einfluß von ELF-Wellen auf Ratten bzw. Rattenembrios zeigen, daß eine erhebliche Änderung des Verhaltens und eine starke Veränderung des Drüsengewichtes, insbesondere des der Schilddrüse, die Folge sind. Denkbare Wirkungsmechanismen der ELF-Wellen werden ausführlich diskutiert, ohne daß endgültioge Vorstellungen gewonnen werden können.
Die noch laufenden Experimente, insbesondere Untersuchungen bedingter Reflexe von Ratten, die während verschiedener Phasen der Embryonalentwicklung ausgesetzt waren, sollen noch offenstehende Fragen kläre. Ein möglicher Einfluß der ELF-Wellen auf das Nervenwachstum würde weitreichende Konsequenzen auf die Entwicklung von Organismen fern von der Erdoberfläche haben.
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Ludwig, W., Persinger, M.A. & Ossenkopp, KP. Physiological effects of electromagnetic fields in the ELF region. Arch. Met. Geoph. Biokl. B. 21, 110–116 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02245996
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