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Does head-only exposure to GSM-900 electromagnetic fields affect the performance of rats in spatial learning tasks?
Dubreuil D, Jay T, Edeline JM. · 2002
View Original AbstractRats showed no learning impairments after 45-minute exposures to GSM radiation at levels exceeding current safety limits.
Plain English Summary
French researchers tested whether 45-minute exposures to 900-MHz GSM cell phone radiation affected spatial learning and memory in rats. They found no differences in performance on maze tasks between rats exposed to cell phone radiation (at levels of 1 and 3.5 W/kg SAR) and unexposed control rats. This contradicts some earlier studies that suggested electromagnetic fields could impair learning abilities.
Study Details
This study is the first using a head-only exposure system emitting a 900-MHz GSM electromagnetic field (pulsed at 217 Hz).
The two behavioural tasks that were evaluated here have been used previously to demonstrate performa...
There were no differences among exposed, sham, and cage-control rats in the two spatial learning tas...
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@article{d_2002_does_headonly_exposure_to_3008,
author = {Dubreuil D and Jay T and Edeline JM.},
title = {Does head-only exposure to GSM-900 electromagnetic fields affect the performance of rats in spatial learning tasks?},
year = {2002},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11809512/},
}