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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Skeletal muscle HSP72 and norepinephrine response to static magnetic field in rat
Journal of Neural Transmission, Volume 113, No. 7, Year 2006
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The present work was undertaken in order to investigate the noradrenergic system and skeletal muscle heat shock protein 72 (HSP72) response to static magnetic field (MF) in male rats. At thermoneutrality (25°C), the exposition of rats 1 hour/day for 5 consecutive days to MF of 128 mT (m tesla) induced an increase in norepinephrine content in gastrocnemius muscle (+25%, p < 0.05) but had no effect at 67 mT (+1%, p > 0.05), indicating a stimulatory effect of sub-acute MF exposure on the noradrenergic system activity. Moreover, exposed rats to MF displayed a non-significant increase of HSP72 levels in gastrocnemius muscles (+29%, p > 0.05). The results indicate that noradrenergic systems in rat's gastrocnemius muscles are affected by MF exposure. Interestingly, sub-acute exposure insufficiency increased HSP72 levels in gastrocnemius muscles. © Springer-Verlag 2005.
Authors & Co-Authors
Abdelmelek, Hafedh
Tunisia, Tunis
University of Carthage
France, Villeurbanne
Laboratoire de Physiologie Intégrative, Cellulaire et Moléculaire
Molnar, A. M.
Tunisia, Tunis
University of Carthage
Servais, Stéphane
France, Saint Martin D'heres
Université Grenoble Alpes
Cottet-Émard, Jean Marie
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Péquignot, Jean Marc
France, Villeurbanne
Laboratoire de Physiologie Intégrative, Cellulaire et Moléculaire
Favier, Roland J.
France, Saint Martin D'heres
Université Grenoble Alpes
Sakly, Mohsen
Tunisia, Tunis
University of Carthage
Statistics
Citations: 65
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00702-005-0364-7
ISSN:
03009564
e-ISSN:
14351463
Participants Gender
Male