. "Appendix A: Tables." Possible Health Effects of Exposure to Residential Electric and Magnetic Fields. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1997.
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Possible Health Effects of Exposure to Residential Electric and Magnetic Fields
TABLE A4-3 Reports of Special Interest on Electric-and Magnetic-Field Exposure and Neurobehavioral Effects
Study
Species
Developmental Stage
Number per Group
Exposure Characteristics
End Points Evaluated
Outcome
Comments
Wolpaw et al. 1989
Macaque monkeys (male)
4-6 yr
4 sham, 6 exposed
3 kV/m, 10 µT; 10 kV/m, 30 µT; 30 kV/m, 90 µT
Well being, weight, blood chemistry, simple motor tasks, postmortem
No effects
Sagan et al. 1987
Sprague-Dawley rats
Adult
32 exposed
0-27 kV/m, 60 Hz
Operant detection threshold
13.3 or 7.9 kV/m detection threshold
Lovely et al. 1992
Sprague-Dawley rats (male)
Adult 63 and 3 days
8 sham, 32 exposed
3.03 mT, 60 Hz
Avoidance shuttlebox, 1 hr
No effects
Dowman et al. 1989
Macaque monkeys
Adult, 5-7 kg
6 sham, 4 exposed
3 kV/m, 10 µT; 10 kV/m, 30 µT; 30 kV/m, 90 µT
Auditory, visual, somatosensory, evoked response 2 times per week
No effects
Somatosensory decrease in amplitude of late response for exposures of 10 kV/m and 30 kV/m
Hong et al. 1988
Sprague-Dawley rats
Exposed 0-14 days; weaned at 21 days; tested at 30 days
46 sham, 50 exposed
0.5 T, 3 exposures per day for 15 min for 2 wk
Repeated reversal of position habit
No effects
Liboff et al. 1989
Rats
Adult
0 shams, 5 exposed
26.1 µT, 0.139 µT, 60 Hz
Performance on FR/BRL combined operant schedule
DRL baseline disrupted not FR; threshold for effect, 27 µT
