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Acute exposure to low-level CW and GSM-modulated 900 MHz radiofrequency does not affect Ba 2+ currents through voltage-gated calcium channels in rat cortical neurons.
Platano D, Mesirca P, Paffi A, Pellegrino M, Liberti M, Apollonio F, Bersani F, Aicardi G · 2007
View Original AbstractBrief 90-second exposures to cell phone radiation didn't affect calcium channels in rat brain cells, but this doesn't address long-term exposure concerns.
Plain English Summary
Italian researchers exposed rat brain cells to 900 MHz radiofrequency radiation (the same frequency used by GSM cell phones) to see if it affected calcium channels, which are crucial for brain cell communication. After exposing the cells to radiation at 2 W/kg for short periods, they found no changes in how calcium moved through these channels. This suggests that brief exposure to cell phone-level radiation may not immediately disrupt this particular aspect of brain cell function.
Study Details
We have studied the non‐thermal effects of radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on Ba2+ currents (equation image) through voltage‐gated calcium channels (VGCC), recorded in primary cultures of rat cortical neurons using the patch‐clamp technique.
To assess whether low‐level acute RF field exposure could modify the amplitude and/or the voltage‐de...
The results obtained indicate that single or multiple acute exposures to either CW or GSM‐modulated ...
Show BibTeX
@article{d_2007_acute_exposure_to_lowlevel_2795,
author = {Platano D and Mesirca P and Paffi A and Pellegrino M and Liberti M and Apollonio F and Bersani F and Aicardi G},
title = {Acute exposure to low-level CW and GSM-modulated 900 MHz radiofrequency does not affect Ba 2+ currents through voltage-gated calcium channels in rat cortical neurons.},
year = {2007},
doi = {10.1002/bem.20345},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bem.20345},
}