Effect of magnetic field on food and water intake and body weight of spinal cord injured rats

Suneel Kumar; Suman Jain; Jitendra Behari; Valery D Avelev; Rashmi Mathur

Effect of magnetic field on food and water intake and body weight of spinal cord injured rats

Indian J Exp Biol. 2010 Oct;48(10):982-6.

Authors

Suneel Kumar¹, Suman Jain, Jitendra Behari, Valery D Avelev, Rashmi Mathur

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India.

PMID: 21299040

Abstract

Chronic (2 h/d x 8 weeks) exposure to magnetic field (MF; 50 Hz, 17.9 microT) in complete spinal cord (T13) transected rats restored food intake (FI), water intake (WI) and body weight (BW) which were decreased in the spinal cord injured rats. The results suggest a significant beneficial effect of chronic exposure to magnetic field of paraplegic rats.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Body Weight
Drinking
Eating
Magnetic Field Therapy*
Male
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Spinal Cord Injuries / pathology
Spinal Cord Injuries / physiopathology
Spinal Cord Injuries / therapy*
Time Factors