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Microwave influence on the isolated heart function: II. Combined effect of radiation and some drugs.
Pakhomov AG, Dubovick BV, Degtyariov IG, Pronkevich AN · 1995
View Original AbstractMicrowave radiation amplified caffeine's heart effects by 15%, suggesting EMF may interact with common substances in unexpected ways.
Plain English Summary
Russian researchers exposed isolated frog heart tissue to 915 MHz microwave radiation (similar to cell phone frequencies) for 40 minutes to see how it affected heart function, both alone and combined with various drugs. They found that microwaves alone had no effect on heart rhythm or strength, but when combined with caffeine, the microwaves amplified caffeine's stimulating effects by about 15% - even at power levels too low to cause heating. This suggests that non-thermal microwave exposure might interact with certain substances to affect heart function in ways we don't fully understand.
Study Details
The combined effects of microwave radiation and some drugs were studied in an isolated frog auricle preparation.
The experiments established that exposure to pulse-modulated 915 MHz microwaves for up to 40 min had...
The experimental results demonstrate that caffeine treatment increases the microwave sensitivity of the frog auricle preparation and reveals primarily subthreshold, nonthermal microwave effect.
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@article{ag_1995_microwave_influence_on_the_3286,
author = {Pakhomov AG and Dubovick BV and Degtyariov IG and Pronkevich AN},
title = {Microwave influence on the isolated heart function: II. Combined effect of radiation and some drugs.},
year = {1995},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7488258/},
}