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An investigation of the effects of TETRA RF fields on intracellular calcium in neurones and cardiac myocytes.
Green AC, Scott IR, Gwyther RJ, Peyman A, Chadwick P, Chen X, Alfadhl Y, Tattersall JE. · 2005
View Original AbstractTETRA emergency radio signals showed no effect on calcium signaling in brain and heart cells at exposure levels below typical mobile phone use.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed brain and heart cells to TETRA radio signals (the frequency used by emergency services) to see if it disrupted calcium levels inside the cells. Calcium is crucial for cell function, especially in neurons and heart muscle. The study found no significant changes in calcium activity at any exposure level tested, suggesting TETRA fields don't interfere with this fundamental cellular process.
Study Details
This study aimed to determine whether Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) fields can affect intracellular calcium signalling in excitable cells.
Intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2 +) ](i)) was measured in cultured rat cerebellar granule ...
Granule cells exposed at specific absorption rates (SARs) of 5, 10, 20, 50 or 400 mW x kg(-1) showed...
Overall, these results showed no evidence of any consistent or biologically relevant effect of TETRA fields on [Ca(2 + )](i) in granule cells and cardiac myocytes at any of the SAR tested.
Show BibTeX
@article{ac_2005_an_investigation_of_the_3048,
author = {Green AC and Scott IR and Gwyther RJ and Peyman A and Chadwick P and Chen X and Alfadhl Y and Tattersall JE.},
title = {An investigation of the effects of TETRA RF fields on intracellular calcium in neurones and cardiac myocytes.},
year = {2005},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16524843/},
}