Electromagnetic Fields and Circadian Rhythmicity

27.03.1992

Englisch

9780817635527

Birkhäuser Boston

Circadian Factors in Human Health and Performance

Nein

Moore

210

Gebundene Ausgabe

information, physiology, stability, health, document, system, time, research

WN - Die Natur: Sachbuch GT - Interdisziplinäre Studien

1 Introduction.- II. Effects on Circadian Rhythm of Pineal Melatonin.- 2. Changes in Circadian Melatonin Synthesis in the Pineal Gland of Animals Exposed to Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation: A Summary of Observations and Speculation on Their Implications.- 3. Effects of Electromagnetic Field Exposure on Neuroendocrine Function.- III. The Search for Magnetoreceptors.- 4. Pineal Function in Mammals and Birds is Altered by Earth-Strength Magnetic Fields.- 5. Magnetoreception in Rodents: Involvement of the Eyes and the Pineal Organ May be Evidence for a Chronobiological Substrate.- IV. Effects on Other Neuroendocrine Circadian Rhythms.- 6. Factors in Postmeridial Hormone Changes Among Rats in Electric Field Exposure Studies.- 7. Magnetic Fields, Opioid Systems and Day-Night Rhythms of Behavior.- V. Effects on Circadian Rhythms in Behavior.- 8. Circadian Rhythmicity of Man Under the Influence of Weak Electromagnetic Fields.- 9. The Stability of the Circadian Rhythm of the Green Finch (Carduelis chloris) Either in a Weak 10-Hz Electric Field or a Negatively Ionized Atmosphere.- 10. Operant Reponse Rate as a Function of Time of Day and Early Electromagnetic Exposure on Rats Tested as Adults.- 11. Studies on the Effects of 60-Hz Electric and Magnetic Fields on Neuroendocrine Circadian Rhythmicity in Nonhuman Primates.- VI. Discussant Commentaries.- Discussant Commentaries.- List of Contributors.

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