Mobile phone emission modulates inter-hemispheric functional coupling of EEG alpha rhythms in elderly compared to young subjects.
Vecchio F, Babiloni C, Ferreri F, Buffo P, Cibelli G, Curcio G, van Dijkman S, Melgari JM, Giambattistelli F, Rossini PM. · 2010
View Original AbstractElderly brains show significantly more electromagnetic interference from mobile phones than younger brains after just 45 minutes of exposure.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed 16 elderly and 5 young adults to GSM mobile phone emissions for 45 minutes while measuring their brain waves with EEG. They found that elderly subjects showed significantly increased synchronization between brain hemispheres in the alpha frequency range (8-12 Hz) during phone exposure, while young subjects showed less pronounced effects. This suggests that aging brains may be more susceptible to electromagnetic field interference from mobile phones.
Why This Matters
This study reveals a troubling age-related vulnerability to mobile phone radiation that deserves serious attention. The finding that elderly brains show heightened electromagnetic sensitivity compared to younger adults suggests our current safety standards may inadequately protect aging populations. What makes this particularly concerning is that the increased brain wave synchronization occurred after just 45 minutes of exposure - a duration easily exceeded during typical phone conversations or extended device use. The reality is that our aging population increasingly relies on mobile technology for communication and health monitoring, yet this research indicates their brains may be more susceptible to EMF interference. While we don't yet fully understand the long-term health implications of altered brain wave patterns, the evidence shows that electromagnetic fields can measurably change how different brain regions communicate with each other, especially in older adults.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study. Duration: 45 min
Study Details
It has been reported that GSM electromagnetic fields (GSM-EMFs) of mobile phones modulate – after a prolonged exposure – inter-hemispheric synchronization of temporal and frontal resting electroencephalographic (EEG) rhythms in normal young subjects [Vecchio et al., 2007]. Here we tested the hypothesis that this effect can vary on physiological aging as a sign of changes in the functional organization of cortical neural synchronization.
Eyes-closed resting EEG data were recorded in 16 healthy elderly subjects and 5 young subjects in th...
Compared with the young subjects, the elderly subjects showed a statistically significant (p < 0.001...
These results suggest that GSM-EMFs of a mobile phone affect inter-hemispheric synchronization of the dominant (alpha) EEG rhythms as a function of the physiological aging.
Show BibTeX
@article{f_2010_mobile_phone_emission_modulates_1544,
author = {Vecchio F and Babiloni C and Ferreri F and Buffo P and Cibelli G and Curcio G and van Dijkman S and Melgari JM and Giambattistelli F and Rossini PM.},
title = {Mobile phone emission modulates inter-hemispheric functional coupling of EEG alpha rhythms in elderly compared to young subjects.},
year = {2010},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1388245709006245},
}