# SF-003 — Sex differences in MRI associated dizziness

Why this matters
This retrieval lead raises a specific question about whether women and men experience MRI-related dizziness differently. Understanding any reproducible difference could help assessments account for individual susceptibility. The original experiment must be checked before treating the title's claim as established or generalising it to other electromagnetic exposures.

Id: SF-003

Author: Heinrich et al.

Full Authors: Angela Heinrich; Anne Szostek; Patric Meyer; Iris Reinhard; Maria Gilles; Georgios Paslakis; Jaane Rauschenberg; Jens Gröbner; Wolfhard Semmler; Michael Deuschle; Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg; Herta Flor; Frauke Nees

Year: 2014

Title: Women are more strongly affected by dizziness in static magnetic fields of magnetic resonance imaging scanners

Journal: neuroreport

Citation: Heinrich A, Szostek A, Meyer P, Reinhard I, Gilles M, Paslakis G, Rauschenberg J, Gröbner J, Semmler W, Deuschle M, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Flor H, Nees F. Women are more strongly affected by dizziness in static magnetic fields of magnetic resonance imaging scanners. NeuroReport. 2014;25(14):1081-1084. doi:10.1097/wnr.0000000000000225.

Doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000225

Pmid: 25089803

Topic: Intermediate and static fields

Verification Group: Retrieval lead

Record Role: Retrieval lead

Featured: False

Exposure: Tesla-scale MRI static magnetic fields and motion through gradients.

Design: Human experiment.

Finding: Affirmative vestibular or neurobehavioural finding described in discovery dossier.

Boundary: Retained in a separate regime-specific catalogue. No inference to Wi-Fi or mobile-phone exposures.

Protection Question: Is any sex difference in MRI-associated dizziness reproducible and relevant to susceptibility? Original results remain unverified, so the title alone cannot establish the effect or justify wider extrapolation.

Access: Record verified; full text still required

Notice: Primary PubMed linked-notice record checked 20 Oct 2026; no correction, concern or retraction linked at check. This is not an exhaustive publisher-history certification.

Funding: Not established from retrieved material.

Conflicts: Not established from retrieved material.

Source Url: https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0000000000000225

Retrieval Links: https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0000000000000225 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25089803/

Verification Date: 2026-10-20