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- Title
HISTOENZYMOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CORTISOL AND ALDOSTERONE CHANGES IN RATS EXPOSED TO PULSED SHORT WAVES (DIAPULSE).
- Authors
Dogaru, Gabriela Bombonica; Crăciun, C.; Rusu, M.; Bódizs, G.; Călinici, T.; Pop, L.
- Abstract
Pulsed short waves are part of high frequency therapy and, unlike continuous short waves that involve tissue endothermy, have therapeutic effects that seem to depend rather on the action of electromagnetic waves on biological tissue, through their specific electromagnetic energy. The biological effects of these pulsed short waves might be explained by an activation of cellular enzymatic reactions, the stimulation of cellular energy metabolism, as well as the stimulation of the hepatic, adrenal function and of the connective-vascular system. The objectives of the experimental study were to monitor some histochemical and histoenzymological changes, by determining the activity of mitochondrial enzymes in the adrenal gland and of biochemical parameters, cortisol and aldosterone, respectively. The experiment used white female Wistar rats, divided into four groups (n=10 animals groups I, II, III, n=5 animals group IV, control): group I exposed to the dose of 1/80 impulses/sec., for 10 min./day, group II, 4/400 impulses/sec., for 10 min./day, group III, 6/600 impulses/sec., for 10 min./day, 15 sessions, and group IV, control group, unexposed. The histochemical and histoenzymological studies found a moderate intensification of the activity of the enzymes: Mg-dependent adenosine triphosphatase, cytochrome oxidase, succinate dehydrogenase, monoamine oxidase, enzymes that participate in energy metabolism, particularly in group II compared to the control group and the experimental groups I and III, which had similar enzymatic activities. This aspect may have important implications from both a clinical and therapeutic point of view. The comparison of the biochemical results obtained before and after treatment, as well as the structural and ultrastructural changes in the adrenal glands, show that pulsed short waves influenced the synthesis and secretion of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid hormones, cortisol and aldosterone, respectively, but the results depend on the doses used.
- Subjects
ADRENAL glands; HYDROCORTISONE; ALDOSTERONE; LABORATORY rats; ELECTROMAGNETIC waves; ENERGY metabolism; CARDIOVASCULAR system; ADENOSINE triphosphatase
- Publication
Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology, 2010, Vol 15, Issue 2, p79
- ISSN
2067-3019
- Publication type
Article