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Radial arm maze performance of rats following repeated low level microwave radiation exposure.
Cobb BL, Jauchem JR, Adair ER. · 2004
View Original AbstractRats showed no memory problems after 10 days of microwave exposure at levels comparable to heavy cell phone use.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed rats to microwave radiation at 2450 MHz (the same frequency used in microwave ovens) for 45 minutes daily over 10 days, then tested their ability to navigate a maze that measures working memory. The rats showed no impairment in learning or memory performance compared to unexposed rats, even when given drugs that typically affect cognitive function.
Study Details
We examined the possibility of changes in "working" memory of rats following whole body exposure to microwave (MW) radiation.
During each of 10 days, we exposed rats within circularly polarized waveguides for 45 min to 2450 MH...
Analyzes of error rates revealed no significant exposure effect, no significant drug effect and no s...
We conclude that there is no evidence from the current study that exposure to of MW radiation under parameters examined caused decrements in the ability of rats to learn the spatial memory task.
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@article{bl_2004_radial_arm_maze_performance_2984,
author = {Cobb BL and Jauchem JR and Adair ER.},
title = {Radial arm maze performance of rats following repeated low level microwave radiation exposure.},
year = {2004},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14696053/},
}