Investigating the effect of static magnetic field on male sperm parameters

Ghafelebashi, Matinsadat; Maghami, Parvaneh; Shahverdi, Abdolhossin; Doranian, Davoud; Sabbaghian, Marjan

Investigating the effect of static magnetic field on male sperm parameters

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Matinsadat Ghafelebashi ¹

parvaneh maghami ²

abdolhossin shahverdi ³

davoud doranian ⁴

marjan sabbaghian ⁵

¹ 1- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran2- Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

² Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

³ - Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

⁴ Department of Physics , Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

⁵ Department of Androlology , Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

According to the formation and evolution of life along with static magnetic fields,the permanent exposure has given adaptive ability to beings. Therapeutic magnetism is one of the branches of complementary medicine which uses the low intensity and non-harmful magnetic fields to the body. By studying in infertile couples (20% male factor), the only cause of infertility and in 50% of cases it is considered as an intermediate factor. One of the influential factors in infertility in men is sperm. In the present study, normal specimens in the magnetic field under the intensities of 1,6 and 12 millitesla and at 1,3 and 5 h intervals.

Sperm movement rate was evaluated by CASA, as well as sperm viability, by eosin staining of necrosin and morphology by staining Papanicula. The results of this step on normal sperm showed a significant reduction in the sperm movement ,which that was not affected by the field.

Morphological studies also show that sperm motility is not affected by magnetic field.. the survival rate of sperm was affected by the magnetic field was significantly reduced, and the sperm morphology remained unchanged

Keywords

Static magnetic field

male infertility

Sperm parameters

20.1001.1.23222115.1399.11.3.4.7

Subjects

Molecular biotechnology

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