Neuritin was recently discovered as an important growth factor for neural development, which promotes neuronal outgrowth and arborization in the brain. Mice with an overexpression of neuritin in the hippocampus were experimentally created (transfection with a viralvector) and used beside normal mice. Mice were divided into the following groups: exposure of normal mice to a magnetic field with 1) 0.4 mT or 2) 0.6 mT for 7 days and 3) with 1 mT for up to 21 days. Moreover, 4) neuritin-viral-transfected, 5) sham-viral-transfected and 6) saline-transfected mice were exposed to a magnetic field with 1 mT for 10 days. Additional sham exposedcontrol groups were used for each experiment. (remark EMF-Portal: not all group sizes were mentioned, but stated sizes were at least n=10).
the glass cage, containing 4 to 5 mice, was placed between the coils; the surfaces of the glass cage were parallel to the force lines of the magnetic field; temperature in glass cage under exposure conditions showed a difference of 0.4 ± 0.1°C compared to the sham exposure
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National Basic Research Program (Program 973), China
National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC), China
Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project, China
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