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1800 MHz electromagnetic field effects on melatonin release from isolated pineal glands.
Sukhotina I, Streckert JR, Bitz AK, Hansen VW, Lerchl A · 2006
View Original AbstractCell phone radiation at typical use levels actually increased melatonin production in this study, challenging assumptions about EMF sleep disruption.
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Researchers exposed isolated hamster pineal glands (which produce melatonin, the sleep hormone) to cell phone radiation at 1800 MHz for 7 hours at various power levels. Surprisingly, they found that moderate exposure levels actually increased melatonin production, while only the highest level (which caused tissue heating) suppressed it. This challenges the widely-discussed theory that cell phone radiation disrupts sleep by reducing melatonin.
Study Details
To investigate 1800 MHz electromagnetic field effects on melatonin release from isolated pineal glands
Isolated pineal glands of Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) were continuously perifused by Kre...
Both types of signal significantly enhanced melatonin release at 800 mW/kg SAR, while at 2700 mW/kg ...
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@article{i_2006_1800_mhz_electromagnetic_field_3429,
author = {Sukhotina I and Streckert JR and Bitz AK and Hansen VW and Lerchl A},
title = {1800 MHz electromagnetic field effects on melatonin release from isolated pineal glands.},
year = {2006},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16313503/},
}