Abstract. in the present study, we investigated the effect of infrasound on the expression of n-methyl-d-aspartate (nMdar)1 as well as changes in intracellular calcium ion concentration ([ca 2+ ] i ) in the hippocampus of rats. Spraguedawley (Sd) rats were exposed for 2 h daily to infrasound at 8 Hz 90 dB or 130 dB, and nMdar1 expression was examined on days 1, 7, 14, 21 and 28. The expression of nMdar1 in the rat hippocampus upon exposure to infrasound at 8 Hz 90 dB sound pressure level (SPl) showed an initial decrease on day 1, an increase on days 7 and 14, a further decrease on day 21, and a return to normal levels on day 28. The peak level was observed on day 14 in every examined subregion of the hippocampus. By contrast, exposure to infrasound at 8 Hz 130 dB SPl had opposite effects, showing an increase on day 1, a decrease on day 7, a decrease to the lowest point on days 14, another increase on day 21 and a return to normal levels on day 28. The lowest expression of nMdar1 was found in the ca1 and ca3 regions on day 14 and in the dG region on day 7 with exposure at 130 dB. There were significant differences in [