نوع مقاله : مقاله کامل پژوهشی
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1 دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد فیزیک پزشکی، گروه فیزیک و مهندسی پزشکی، دانشکده پزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران
2 استادیار، گروه فیزیک پزشکی، دانشکده پزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران
3 استادیار، گروه و مرکز تحقیقات فیزیولوژی، انشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران
4 دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد روانشناسی، گروه روانشناسی، دانشگاه آزاد علوم تحقیقات ایلام
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عنوان مقاله English
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There is a growing public concern that the extremely low frequency (ELF) range of the environmental electromagnetic fields may have adverse biological effects. In this frequency range, 217Hz is the modulating signal being used in Global System of Mobile. This study investigated the possible effects of 217 Hz pulsed electromagnetic field on the anxiety and the cortisol level in rats. Twenty four male Wistar rat (200 - 250 g) were randomly grouped into test, sham and control. Using a pair of Helmholtz coil system, the test group was exposed to a uniform pulsed EMF of 200µT intensity for 4 h/day for 21 days. A similar procedure with no field was repeated for the sham group. All groups were tested in an `Elevated- plus` maze system. Then via the heart puncture scheme, the blood samples were collected. The serum cortisol levels were evaluated using ELISA method.The ANOVA test revealed no significant differences for the Elevated- plus maze test. Serum cortisol level was significantly higher in test group compared to the control group.These findings were in consistent with the work of others indicating that low frequency band of EMF might not have any effect on the anxiety but it increases the cortisol levels as a stress marker.
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