Electromagnetic Field Treatment Protects Against and Reverses Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer's Disease Mice
Arendash GW, Sanchez-Ramos J, Mori T, Mamcarz M, Lin X, Runfeldt M, Wang L, Zhang G, Sava V, Tan J, Cao C · 2010
View Original AbstractLong-term EMF exposure at 918 MHz was found to provide cognitive benefits and reduce brain amyloid-beta deposition in Alzheimer's disease mice.
Plain English Summary
Researchers studied the effects of long-term EMF exposure at 918 MHz and 0.25 w/kg on both normal mice and transgenic mice bred to develop Alzheimer's-like cognitive impairment. Both cognitive-protective and cognitive-enhancing effects of EMF exposure were discovered for both normal mice and transgenic mice destined to develop Alzheimer's-like cognitive impairment. In Alzheimer's disease mice, long-term EMF exposure reduced brain amyloid-beta deposition through anti-aggregation actions and increased brain temperature during exposure periods. The researchers concluded that EMF exposure may represent a non-invasive, non-pharmacologic therapeutic against Alzheimer's disease, while cautioning against directly extrapolating these mouse findings to humans.
Why This Matters
The study's authors noted that the cognitive interference task used was designed to be measure-for-measure analogous to a human cognitive interference task. Several inter-related mechanisms of EMF action were proposed, including increased amyloid-beta clearance from the brains of Alzheimer's disease mice, increased neuronal activity, and increased cerebral blood flow. The researchers noted that despite numerous studies, there is no definitive evidence that high-frequency EMF exposure is a risk to human health.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 0.25 W/kg
- Source/Device
- 918 MHz Cell Phone
- Exposure Duration
- 1 h/day for 8.5 or 9.5 months
Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
Despite numerous studies, there is no definitive evidence that high-frequency electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure is a risk to human health. To the contrary, this report presents the first evidence that long-term EMF exposure directly associated with cell phone use (918 MHz; 0.25 w/kg) provides cognitive benefits.
Both cognitive-protective and cognitive-enhancing effects of EMF exposure were discovered for both n...
Although caution should be taken in extrapolating these mouse studies to humans, we conclude that EMF exposure may represent a non-invasive, non-pharmacologic therapeutic against Alzheimer's disease and an effective memory-enhancing approach in general
Show BibTeX
@article{gw_2010_electromagnetic_field_treatment_protects_64,
author = {Arendash GW and Sanchez-Ramos J and Mori T and Mamcarz M and Lin X and Runfeldt M and Wang L and Zhang G and Sava V and Tan J and Cao C},
title = {Electromagnetic Field Treatment Protects Against and Reverses Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer's Disease Mice},
year = {2010},
url = {https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad01228},
}