External control of the Drosophila melanogaster lifespan by combination of 3D oscillating low-frequency electric and magnetic fields. (December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Makarov, Vladimir I.; Khmelinskii, Igor
• Is Part Of: Electromagnetic biology and medicine. Volume 33:Number 4(2014:Oct.)
• Page Start: 276
• Page End: 281
• Publication Date: 2014-12
• Subjects: Electrophysiology -- Periodicals; Electromagnetic Fields -- Periodicals; Electrophysiology -- Periodicals; Radiation, Nonionizing -- Periodicals; 574
• DOI: 10.3109/15368378.2013.817335
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1536-8378

Abstract

<abstract> <title>Abstract</title> <p>We demonstrate that the lifespan of <italic>Drosophila melanogaster</italic> population is controllable by a combination of external three-dimensional oscillating low-frequency electric and magnetic fields (3D OLFEMFs). The lifespan was decreased or increased in dependence of the parameters of the external 3D OLFEMFs. We propose that metabolic processes in <italic>D. melanogaster's</italic> body are either accelerated (in the case of reduced lifespan) or slowed down (in the case of increased lifespan) in function of 3D OLFEMFs that induce vibrational motions on sub-cellular and larger scales.</p> </abstract>