TY  - JOUR
TI  - The effects of prenatal long-duration exposure to 900-MHz electromagnetic field on the 21-day-old newborn male rat liver
AB  - Background/aim: To determine what efect a 900-MHz electromagnetic feld (EMF) applied in the prenatal period would have on theliver in the postnatal period.Materials and methods: At the start of the study, adult pregnant rats were divided into two groups, control and experimental. Teexperimental group was exposed to a 900-MHz EMF for 1 h daily during days 13 21 of pregnancy. Afer birth, no procedure wasperformed on either mothers or pups. Male rat pups (n = 6) from the control group mothers (CGMR) and male rat pups (n = 6) fromthe experimental group mothers (EGMR) were sacrifced on postnatal day 21.Results: Biochemical analyses showed that malondialdehyde and superoxide dismutase values increased and glutathione levelsdecreased in the EGMR pups. Marked hydropic degeneration in the parenchyma, particularly in pericentral regions, was observedin light microscopic examination of EGMR sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Examinations under transmission electronmicroscope revealed vacuolization in the mitochondria, expansion in the endoplasmic reticulum, and necrotic hepatocytes.Conclusion: Te study results show that a 900-MHz EMF applied in the prenatal period caused oxidative stress and pathologicalalterations in the liver in the postnatal period.
AU  - Erol, Huseyin Serkan
AU  - HANCI, HATİCE
AU  - ODACI, Ersan
AU  - mercantepe, tolga
AU  - AYDIN MUNGAN, SEVDEGÜL
AU  - KELEŞ, OSMAN NURİ
AU  - KAYA, HAYDAR
AU  - TOPAL SUZAN, ZEHRA
PY  - 2015
JO  - Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 45
IS  - 2
SN  - 1300-0144
SP  - 291
EP  - 297
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/170932
ER  -