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The effects of exposure to 915 MHz radiofrequency identification on cerebral glucose metabolism in rat: A [F-18] FDG micro-PET study.
Kim HS, An YS, Paik MJ, Lee YS, Choi HD, Kim BC, Pack JK, Kim N, Ahn YH. · 2013
View Original AbstractHigh-level RFID radiation showed no immediate effects on brain glucose metabolism in rats, but this doesn't rule out other neurological impacts.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed rats to 915 MHz radiofrequency radiation (used in RFID systems) for up to 16 weeks and measured brain glucose metabolism using advanced PET scanning. They found no changes in how the brain used glucose in any region tested, even at high exposure levels of 4 W/kg SAR. This suggests RFID radiation at these levels doesn't alter basic brain energy function in the short to medium term.
Study Details
We investigated the effect of whole-body exposure to 915-MHz radiofrequency identification (RFID) on rat cortical glucose metabolism by using (18)F-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET).
Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups: Cage-control, sham-exposed and RFID-exposed...
The data showed that the relative cerebral glucose metabolic rate was unchanged in the frontal, temp...
Our results suggest that 915 MHz RFID radiation exposure did not cause a significant long lasting effect on glucose metabolism in the rat brain.
Show BibTeX
@article{hs_2013_the_effects_of_exposure_2768,
author = {Kim HS and An YS and Paik MJ and Lee YS and Choi HD and Kim BC and Pack JK and Kim N and Ahn YH. },
title = {The effects of exposure to 915 MHz radiofrequency identification on cerebral glucose metabolism in rat: A [F-18] FDG micro-PET study.},
year = {2013},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23581879/},
}