Effects of prenatal exposure to WIFI signal (2.45GHz) on postnatal development and behavior in rat: Influence of maternal restraint.
Othman H, Ammari M, Sakly M, Abdelmelek H. · 2017
View Original AbstractPrenatal WiFi radiation and restraint, alone and combined, provoked several behavioral and biochemical impairments in offspring at juvenile and adult ages.
Plain English Summary
Researchers randomly assigned 24 pregnant albino Wistar rats to four groups: control, WiFi-exposed, restrained, and both WiFi-exposed and restrained. Each WiFi exposure and restraint session lasted 2 hours per day throughout gestation until parturition. Prenatal WiFi exposure and restraint, separately and especially combined, adversely affected offspring physical development, neuromotor maturation, adult emotional responses, motor and exploratory behavior, brain oxidative stress, and serum biochemistry, with most impacts depending on offspring gender.
Why This Matters
The study found no detrimental effects on gestation progress or delivery outcomes in any group. WiFi and restraint, alone and especially together, altered physical development of pups with slight gender differences, and affected neuromotor maturation mainly in male progeny. At adulthood, male offspring co-exposed to WiFi and restraint showed anxiety, motor deficit, and exploratory behavior impairment, while female progeny subjected to three treatments also showed impairments. All three treatments produced global oxidative stress in the brain of both sexes, and disrupted serum levels of phosphorus, magnesium, glucose, triglycerides, and calcium.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study. The study examined exposure from: 2.45 GHz
Study Details
The present study was carried out to investigate the potential combined influence of maternal restraint stress and 2.45 GHz WiFi signal exposure on postnatal development and behavior in the offspring of exposed rats.
24 pregnant albino Wistar rats were randomly assigned to four groups: Control, WiFi-exposed, restrai...
Our main findings showed no detrimental effects on gestation progress and outcomes at delivery in al...
In summary, the current study point out that prenatal WiFi exposure and restraint, separately and especially in association, adversely affected offspring physical and neurodevelopment as well as emotional responses, motor and exploratory behavior at adulthood. Progeny brain oxidative equilibrium and serum biochemistry were also altered. Most of these impacts depended on offspring gender. Further investigations are obviously needed to test for neuro molecular and biochemical mechanisms mediating
Show BibTeX
@article{h_2017_effects_of_prenatal_exposure_1521,
author = {Othman H and Ammari M and Sakly M and Abdelmelek H.},
title = {Effects of prenatal exposure to WIFI signal (2.45GHz) on postnatal development and behavior in rat: Influence of maternal restraint.},
year = {2017},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166432816313018},
}