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Behavior and memory evaluation of Wistar rats exposed to 1·8 GHz radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation.
Júnior LC, Guimarães ED, Musso CM, Stabler CT, Garcia RM, Mourão-Júnior CA, Andreazzi AE. · 2014
View Original AbstractCell phone radiation at 1.8 GHz didn't impair rat memory but triggered stress behaviors, suggesting potential nervous system effects.
Plain English Summary
Brazilian researchers exposed lab rats to cell phone radiation at 1.8 GHz (the frequency used by GSM phones) for three days and tested their behavior and memory. While the rats showed no anxiety or memory problems, they did exhibit stress-related behaviors. The study suggests that cell phone radiation may not directly harm brain function but could trigger stress responses in the nervous system.
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.
Show BibTeX
@article{lc_2014_behavior_and_memory_evaluation_3123,
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},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24620965/},
}