Title : Synergism in the permeability of the blood Brain barrier between heavy metals and electromagnetic fields
Abstract:
The blood-brain barrier protects the brain from certain ions, molecules and medicaments from their action and toxicity like the clouds in the earth's biosphere and its climate. Our thoughts induce neuron stimulation through synaptic activity, chemical reactions, electron movement, electric fluxes in the central nervous system, and also in metabolism by glycolysis and the electron transfer chain. This electron flow creates electromagnetic fields in the human body. Biological effects produced by heavy metals could be enhanced by the presence of magnetic fields pollution wireless physical and medical devices, antennas and cellular phones, high tension electric power and domestic engines. Food is a way of heavy metal ions ingestion like Cd2+, Hg2+ and Pb2+ and other pollutants which after application to rats and mice have a higher influence on the tissues physical dielectric properties as conductivity and permittivity, showed in this work in rats and mice. This work will scientifically justify the effects by the interference of high external intensity EMF on the chemical reactions of the electron transport chain by applying the enzymatic reactions of the complex 1 to 5, the citrate synthase. BALB/c male mice are submitted to different treatments with urea and mercury and exposed to ELF-MF (7 days, 27 Gauss at 50 Hz) in comparison to control animals. Blood-brain barrier permeability is shown through dorsal queue vein administration of 0.2mg neutral red colorant and its spectrophotometric determination in brain extracts to 540 nm. It is observed a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) between the control and all other groups treated with urea, and mercury and between both compounds urea and mercury. ELF-MF increases the permeability of the blood-brain barrier lower than exposure to mercury ions. Chemical pollutants induce higher BBB permeability than electromagnetic fields.
Audience Take Away Notes:
- It is observed a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) between the control and all other groups treated with urea, and mercury and between both compounds urea and mercury. ELF-MF increases the permeability of the blood-brain barrier lower than exposure to mercury ions. Chemical pollutants induce higher BBB permeability than electromagnetic fields.
- Prevention of pollutants such as heavy metals and electromagnetic fields from own households apparats, not to be near in its function.
