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Abnormalities in Organs of Mice induced by a Magnetic Field

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DURING the past few years it has been found that homogeneous magnetic fields produce morphological, functional and behavioural changes in living organisms1. There have been various hypotheses2–6 to explain these observations. The second day minimum in the weight of mice exposed to strong (3,000 to 10,000 oersted) magnetic fields7 seems to have the characteristic of stress effects—alarm reaction followed by adaptation to the stress. The questions remain whether there is a similarity between stress effects and those observed in animals exposed to magnetic fields, and whether the magnetic field is a rather weak non-specific stressor. We report experiments in which the magnetic field caused significant changes in the organs of mice.

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  1. University of Illinois, College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois

    M. F. BARNOTHY

  2. Dermatological Clinic, Department of Pathology, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden

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BARNOTHY, M., SUMEGI, I. Abnormalities in Organs of Mice induced by a Magnetic Field. Nature 221, 270–271 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221270a0

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