Geomagnetic activity and enhanced mortality in rats with acute (epileptic) limbic lability

摘要: Presumably unrelated behaviors (e.g. psychiatric admissions, seizures, heart failures) have been correlated with increased global geomagnetic activity. We suggested that all of these share a common source variance. They are evoked by transient, dopamine-mediated paroxysmal electrical patterns generated within the amygdala and hippocampus temporal lobes. Both probability propagation discharges to distal brain regions facilitated when nocturnal melatonin levels suppressed In support this hypothesis, present study demonstrated significant correlation Pearson r = 0.60 between mortality during critical 4-day period followed induction limbic seizures in rats ambient activity 3 4 days preceded death; risk 24 h indices exceeded 20 nT for more than 1 2 days.