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Behavior and memory evaluation of Wistar rats exposed to 1·8 GHz radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation

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Júnior LC, Guimarães ED, Musso CM, Stabler CT, Garcia RM, Mourão-Júnior CA, Andreazzi AE. · 2014

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Exposed rats showed no anxiety or working memory impairment, but stress behavior actions were observed.

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Researchers exposed male Wistar rats to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation from a GSM cell phone (1·8 GHz) for 3 days. After exposure, behavioral tests including the open field and object recognition tests were performed. The exposed animals did not present anxiety patterns or working memory impairment, but stress behavior actions were observed.

Why This Matters

The study aimed to verify potential effects of mobile phone radiation on the central nervous system in an animal model. The rats used were male Wistar rats that were 60 days old at the time of exposure. The researchers speculated that radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation does not promote central nervous system impairment, but suggested it may lead to stressful behavioral patterns.

Exposure Details

Electric Field
2 and 0.1 V/m
Source/Device
1·8 GHz GSM Cell Phone
Exposure Duration
3 days (25 s phone calls every 2 min)
A logarithmic frequency spectrum from 10 Hz to 100 GHz showing where this study's 8 GHz exposure sits relative to common EMF sources.Where This Frequency Sits on the EMF SpectrumELFVLFLF / MFHF / VHFUHFSHFmm10 Hz100 GHzThis study: 8 GHzPower lines50/60 HzCell phones~1 GHzWiFi2.4 GHz5G mm28 GHzLogarithmic scale

Study Details

To verify potential effects of mobile phone radiation on the central nervous system (CNS) in an animal model.

Male Wistar rats (60 days old) were exposed to RF-EMR from a Global System for Mobile (GSM) cell pho...

Our results showed that exposed animals did not present anxiety patterns or working memory impairmen...

Given the results of the present study, we speculate that RF-EMR does not promote CNS impairment, but suggest that it may lead to stressful behavioral patterns.

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Júnior LC, Guimarães ED, Musso CM, Stabler CT, Garcia RM, Mourão-Júnior CA, Andreazzi AE. (2014). Behavior and memory evaluation of Wistar rats exposed to 1·8 GHz radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation Neurol Res 2014; 36 (9): 800-803.
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@article{lc_2014_behavior_and_memory_evaluation_113,
  author = {Júnior LC and Guimarães ED and Musso CM and Stabler CT and Garcia RM and Mourão-Júnior CA and Andreazzi AE.},
  title = {Behavior and memory evaluation of Wistar rats exposed to 1·8 GHz radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation},
  year = {2014},
  doi = {10.1179/1743132813Y.0000000276},
  url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/1743132813Y.0000000276},
}
DOI: 10.1179/1743132813Y.0000000276

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Exposed animals did not present working memory impairment.
Stress behavior actions were observed in the exposed animals.
The open field and object recognition tests were performed after exposure.
The researchers speculated that radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation does not promote CNS impairment, but suggested it may lead to stressful behavioral patterns.
Exposed animals did not present anxiety patterns.