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T St Pierre

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PubMed2000

Changes in paroxysmal brainwave patterns of epileptics by weak-field magnetic stimulation.

In order to assess the effects of weak-field magnetic stimulation on brain electrical activity in epileptics, three patients suffering from mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) were exposed to DC magnetic fields of 0.9 and 1.8 millitesla (mT). The EEG activity was recorded simultaneously from intracranial electrodes inserted through the foramen ovale (FO) and scalp electrodes. Significant enhancement of interictal epileptiform activity was observed in two patients, while in one patient, magnetic stimulation resulted in the cessation of interictal spike/wave trains.

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PubMed1996

Application of the ferromagnetic transduction model to D.C. and pulsed magnetic fields: effects on epileptogenic tissue and implications for cellular phone safety.

The ferromagnetic transduction model proposed by J.L. Kirschvink (Phys. Rev. A (1992) 46, 2178-2184) suggests that the coupling of biogenic magnetic particles in the human brain to mechanosensitive membrane ion gates may provide a mechanism for interactions of environmental magnetic fields with humans. Extremely low frequency alternating magnetic fields primarily were considered, and in the model A.C. fields with frequencies below 10 Hz should have minimal effect. We show that pulsed fields, square waves, and D.C. fields also could force open the membrane gates long enough to disrupt normal neurophysiological processes. The model may therefore be extended to explain results obtained in studies of epileptic patients which show effects on the central nervous system from low frequency square wave and D.C. magnetic fields. In addition, the model also may provide a plausible mechanism linking exposure to magnetic fields from discontinuous transmission cellular telephones and disruption of normal cellular processes in the human brain.

Brain↗