Effects of radiofrequency exposure emitted from a GSM mobile phone on proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis of neural stem cells.
Eghlidospour M, Ghanbari A, Mortazavi SMJ, Azari H. · 2017
View Original AbstractCell phone radiation reduced brain stem cells' ability to form new neurons in a time-dependent manner, potentially impacting brain repair and cognitive function.
Plain English Summary
Iranian researchers exposed neural stem cells (brain cells that can develop into neurons) to radiation from a GSM 900-MHz mobile phone for different time periods. They found that longer exposures significantly reduced the cells' ability to multiply and form new neurons, though the cells didn't die. This suggests that cell phone radiation may interfere with the brain's natural ability to generate new brain cells, a process crucial for learning, memory, and brain repair.
Why This Matters
This study adds important evidence to our understanding of how mobile phone radiation affects brain development at the cellular level. Neural stem cells are the brain's repair mechanism - they create new neurons throughout our lives, supporting memory formation and cognitive function. The researchers found that GSM radiation (the same type used by most cell phones worldwide) disrupted this critical process in a dose-dependent manner. What makes this particularly concerning is that the effects occurred without killing the cells outright, meaning traditional toxicity tests might miss this type of damage. The reality is that your brain is constantly generating new neurons, and this research suggests that chronic cell phone use could be interfering with that process. While we need more research to understand the full implications, this study reinforces why reducing your EMF exposure makes biological sense.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study. The study examined exposure from: GSM 900-MHz
Study Details
The main goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of radiofrequency radiation emitted from a GSM 900-MHz mobile phone with different exposure duration on proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis of adult murine NSCs in vitro
We used neurosphere assay to evaluate NSCs proliferation, and immunofluorescence assay of neural cel...
Our results showed that the number and size of resulting neurospheres and also the percentage of cel...
. It is concluded that accumulating dose of GSM 900-MHz RF-EMF might have devastating effects on NSCs proliferation and neurogenesis requiring more causations in terms of using mobile devices.
Show BibTeX
@article{m_2017_effects_of_radiofrequency_exposure_2049,
author = {Eghlidospour M and Ghanbari A and Mortazavi SMJ and Azari H.},
title = {Effects of radiofrequency exposure emitted from a GSM mobile phone on proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis of neural stem cells.},
year = {2017},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28713615/},
}