[Reaction of hepatocytes to infrasound exposure]

Gig Sanit. 1991 Feb;(2):45-7.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

60 mature white male rats were used to study the effect of infrasound at a frequency of 8 and 16 Hz, sound pressure from 110 dB to 140 dB, on hepatocytes. The duration of exposure to the given factor was 5, 10, 15, 25 and 40 days, 3 hours daily. It was found out, that diffuse changes appearing in the liver parenchyma were of the mosaic character, and were observed both in individual hepatocytes and in a whole group of cells. The degree of manifestation of changes was to a larger degree associated with the duration of exposure to infrasound and the level of sound pressure, than with the frequency.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cytoplasm / ultrastructure
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / ultrastructure
  • Liver / cytology*
  • Liver / ultrastructure
  • Male
  • Mitochondria, Liver / ultrastructure
  • Noise, Occupational*
  • Pressure
  • Rats
  • Sound*
  • Time Factors