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Head-only exposure to GSM 900-MHz electromagnetic fields does not alter rat's memory in spatial and non-spatial tasks.
Dubreuil D, Jay T, Edeline JM. · 2003
View Original AbstractRats showed no memory problems after 45-minute cell phone radiation exposure, but this brief timeframe doesn't reflect typical daily usage patterns.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed rats to 900 MHz cell phone radiation (GSM signals) for 45 minutes to test whether it affected their memory and learning abilities. The rats performed just as well as unexposed rats on complex maze tests and object recognition tasks, with one group even showing slightly better performance. This suggests that brief exposure to cell phone-level radiation doesn't impair memory function in rats.
Study Details
The present study aimed at extending these results with more complex spatial learning tasks and a non-spatial task.
In a first experiment, rats were trained in a radial-arm maze with a 10-s confinement between each v...
In the first experiment, a slightly improved performance was found after 3.5 W/kg exposure, a result...
Altogether, this set of experiments provides no evidence indicating that spatial and non-spatial memory can be affected by a 45-min head-only exposure to 900 MHz GSM EMF.
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@article{d_2003_headonly_exposure_to_gsm_3009,
author = {Dubreuil D and Jay T and Edeline JM.},
title = {Head-only exposure to GSM 900-MHz electromagnetic fields does not alter rat's memory in spatial and non-spatial tasks.},
year = {2003},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14529805/},
}