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Age does not affect thermal and cardiorespiratory responses to microwave heating in calorically restricted rats.

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Ryan KL, Walters TJ, Tehrany MR, Lovelace JD, Jauchem JR · 1997

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This study confirms that microwave radiation produces cardiovascular effects in mammals regardless of age, using 5G-relevant frequencies.

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Researchers exposed rats of different ages to 35 GHz microwave radiation until death to study whether age affects how the body responds to microwave heating. They found that young, middle-aged, and older rats all showed identical patterns of rising body temperature and heart rate during exposure, with no age-related differences in survival time. This suggests that age doesn't change how mammals respond to intense microwave heating.

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This study sought to determine whether age influences the thermal distribution and cardiorespiratory responses to 35 GHz microwave (MW) heating.

Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 8/group) 3 to 4 mo old (young), 15 to 16 mo old (middle-aged), and 24 ...

Before MW exposure, there were no significant (p < .05) differences among age groups in measured par...

Thus, age does not alter thermal and cardiorespiratory responses to 35 GHz MW heating in food-restricted rats.

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Ryan KL, Walters TJ, Tehrany MR, Lovelace JD, Jauchem JR (1997). Age does not affect thermal and cardiorespiratory responses to microwave heating in calorically restricted rats. Shock 8(1):55-60, 1997.
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@article{kl_1997_age_does_not_affect_3343,
  author = {Ryan KL and Walters TJ and Tehrany MR and Lovelace JD and Jauchem JR},
  title = {Age does not affect thermal and cardiorespiratory responses to microwave heating in calorically restricted rats.},
  year = {1997},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9249913/},
}

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Researchers exposed rats of different ages to 35 GHz microwave radiation until death to study whether age affects how the body responds to microwave heating. They found that young, middle-aged, and older rats all showed identical patterns of rising body temperature and heart rate during exposure, with no age-related differences in survival time. This suggests that age doesn't change how mammals respond to intense microwave heating.