Short-term memory in mice is affected by mobile phone radiation
Ntzouni MP, Stamatakis A, Stylianopoulou F, Margaritis LH. · 2011
View Original AbstractThe 'chronic exposure-I' protocol showed a major effect, suggesting a possible severe interaction of EMF with the consolidation phase of recognition memory processes in mice.
Plain English Summary
Researchers studied the effects of mobile phone electromagnetic fields on a non-spatial memory task called the Object Recognition Task in mice. Three groups of mice were tested under three different radiation exposure protocols, with a SAR value of 0.22 W/kg. Results revealed a major effect on the "chronic exposure-I" protocol, suggesting a possible severe interaction of EMF with the consolidation phase of recognition memory processes.
Why This Matters
In the first protocol, mice were exposed to mobile phone radiation during the habituation, training, and test sessions of the task, but not during the 10-minute inter-trial interval where memory consolidation takes place. In the second protocol, the same mice were exposed for 17 days for 90 min/per day starting at PND55, with radiation present only during the inter-trial interval phase of the memory test. In the third protocol, mice continued to be exposed daily under the same conditions up to PND86 having received radiation for 31 days. The researchers suggested that the primary EMF target may be the information transfer pathway connecting the entorhinal-parahippocampal regions, which participate in the memory task.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 0.22 W/kg
- Electric Field
- 17 V/m
- Source/Device
- 1,800 MHz
- Exposure Duration
- 90 min/day for 3 days (acute exposure), 17 days (chronic exposure-I) or 31 days (chronic exposure-II)
Exposure Context
This study used 17 V/m for electric fields:
- 56.7x above the Building Biology guideline of 0.3 V/m
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Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
To study the Short-term memory in mice is affected by mobile phone radiation.
The effects of mobile phone electromagnetic fields (EMFs) were studied on a non-spatial memory task ...
One day later the ORT test was performed without irradiation present in any of the sessions. The ORT...
Show BibTeX
@article{mp_2011_shortterm_memory_in_mice_162,
author = {Ntzouni MP and Stamatakis A and Stylianopoulou F and Margaritis LH.},
title = {Short-term memory in mice is affected by mobile phone radiation},
year = {2011},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092846801000060X},
}