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Electromagnetic fields and EEG spiking rate in patients with focal epilepsy
Curcio G, Mazzucchi E, Marca GD, Vollono C, Rossini PM · 2014
View Original AbstractCell phone radiation at normal usage levels did not worsen seizure activity in epilepsy patients, providing reassurance about acute neurological safety.
Plain English Summary
Italian researchers exposed 12 epilepsy patients to cell phone radiation (902.4 MHz GSM signal) for 45 minutes to see if it affected their brain's electrical activity and seizure patterns. They found that the radiation actually reduced seizure-related brain spikes slightly and caused some changes in brain wave patterns, but concluded these effects had no clinical significance for the patients' epilepsy management.
Study Details
Despite the increase in mobile telephone technology use and possible effects on brain excitability, no studies have investigated the impact of GSM like (Global System for Mobile Communications) signal on the ongoing spiking activity in human epileptic patients
Brain electrical (electroencephalogram, EEG) activity of 12 patients with focal epilepsy has been re...
Spiking activity tended to be lower under Real than under Sham exposure. EEG spectral content analys...
Acute GSM exposure in epileptic patients slightly influences their EEG properties, without reaching any clinical relevance
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@article{g_2014_electromagnetic_fields_and_eeg_2744,
author = {Curcio G and Mazzucchi E and Marca GD and Vollono C and Rossini PM},
title = {Electromagnetic fields and EEG spiking rate in patients with focal epilepsy},
year = {2014},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1388245714004040},
}