Deleterious impacts of a 900MHz electromagnetic field on hippocampal pyramidal neurons of 8-week-old Sprague Dawley male rats
Şahin A, Aslan A, Baş O, İkinci A, Özyılmaz C, Fikret Sönmez O, Çolakoğlu S, Odacı E. · 2015
View Original AbstractYoung rats exposed to cell phone frequencies showed significant brain cell death in memory centers after just 30 days of exposure.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed young rats to cell phone-frequency radiation (900 MHz) for one hour daily over 30 days. Brain scans revealed significant damage to hippocampus neurons responsible for learning and memory, with fewer healthy brain cells compared to unexposed rats, suggesting potential developmental harm.
Why This Matters
This research provides compelling evidence that 900 MHz radiation can cause measurable brain cell death in developing animals. What makes this study particularly relevant is that the researchers chose 8-week-old rats specifically because this age corresponds to the preadolescent period in humans - exactly when many children begin using cell phones regularly. The hippocampus damage observed here affects the brain region responsible for learning and memory formation. While we don't know the exact power levels used in this study, 900 MHz falls squarely within the frequency range of GSM cell phones and many wireless devices. The science demonstrates that RF exposure doesn't need to heat tissue to cause biological harm - these rats showed clear neuronal loss and cellular abnormalities from non-thermal exposure levels.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study. The study examined exposure from: 900-MHz Duration: 1 h/day for 30 days
Study Details
To study the deleterious impacts of a 900-MHz electromagnetic field on hippocampal pyramidal neurons of 8-week-old Sprague Dawley male rats
We examined 8-week-old rats because this age of the rats is comparable with the preadolescent period...
Histopathological observation showed abundant cells with abnormal, black or dark blue cytoplasm and ...
In conclusion, our results suggest that pyramidal neuron loss and histopathological changes in the cornu ammonis of 8-week-old male rats may be due to the 900-MHz EMF exposure.
Show BibTeX
@article{a_2015_deleterious_impacts_of_a_1528,
author = {Şahin A and Aslan A and Baş O and İkinci A and Özyılmaz C and Fikret Sönmez O and Çolakoğlu S and Odacı E. },
title = {Deleterious impacts of a 900MHz electromagnetic field on hippocampal pyramidal neurons of 8-week-old Sprague Dawley male rats},
year = {2015},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006899315005867},
}