Related Experiment Videos
Effect of enhanced geomagnetic activity on hypothermia and mortality in rats
Y R Bureau1, M A Persinger, G H Parker
1Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
International Journal of Biometeorology
|November 1, 1996
Abstract:
The hypothesis was investigated that variability in the severity of limbic seizure-induced hypothermia in rats was affected by ambient geomagnetic activity. Data were obtained in support of this hypothesis. The depth of the hypothermia was significantly (P < 0.001) reduced if the ambient geomagnetic activity exceeded 35 nT to 40 nT. Mortality during the subsequent 5 days was increased when the geomagnetic activity was > 20 nT. The magnitude of the effect was comparable to the difference between exposure to light or to darkness during the 20 h after the induction of limbic seizures.