Effects of Long Term Exposure of 900-1800 MHz Radiation Emitted from 2G Mobile Phone on Mice Hippocampus- A Histomorphometric Study.
Mugunthan N, Shanmugasamy K, Anbalagan J, Rajanarayanan S, Meenachi S. · 2016
View Original AbstractLong-term exposure to 2G mobile phone radiation reduced neuron density in some hippocampal regions and decreased nuclear diameter across all studied regions in mice.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed 36 mice to 2G mobile phone radiation for 48 minutes per day over 30 to 180 days. Neuron density was significantly lower in the CA1, CA2, and DGDB regions of exposed mice from the first to sixth month. Neuron density was significantly higher in the CA3 and DGVB regions of exposed mice. Nuclear diameter of neurons was lower in all studied hippocampal regions of exposed mice from the first to sixth month.
Why This Matters
The study aimed to investigate histomorphometric changes in the mouse hippocampus after long-term exposure to 900-1800 MHz radiation from 2G mobile phones. Mice were sacrificed at intervals from one to six months, and hippocampal tissue was processed for microscopic analysis. Random serial sections were examined under a microscope for histomorphometric changes. Statistical comparisons between groups used an independent t-test. The study received approval from an institutional animal ethics committee.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study. The study examined exposure from: 900-1800 MHz Mobile Phone Duration: 48 minutes per day for a period of 30-180 days
Study Details
To investigate the long term exposure of 900 to 1800 MHz radiations emitted from 2G mobile phone in mice hippocampus at histomorphometric level.
With due approval from institutional animal ethics committee, 36 mice were exposed to 2G mobile phon...
The mean density of neurons in the hippocampus regions CA1, CA2 and DGDB from first to sixth month w...
The long term exposure to 900-1800 MHz frequency radiations emitted from 2G mobile phone could cause significantly reduced neuron density and decreased nuclear diameter in the hippocampus neurons of mice.
Show BibTeX
@article{n_2016_effects_of_long_term_1517,
author = {Mugunthan N and Shanmugasamy K and Anbalagan J and Rajanarayanan S and Meenachi S.},
title = {Effects of Long Term Exposure of 900-1800 MHz Radiation Emitted from 2G Mobile Phone on Mice Hippocampus- A Histomorphometric Study.},
year = {2016},
url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5028475/},
}