900 MHz electromagnetic field exposure affects qualitative and quantitative features of hippocampal pyramidal cells in the adult female rat
Bas O, Odaci E, Kaplan S, Acer N, Ucok K, Colakoglu S · 2009
View Original AbstractPostnatal exposure to 900 MHz EMF caused a significant decrease in hippocampal pyramidal cell number in female rats.
Plain English Summary
Researchers investigated the number of pyramidal cells in the hippocampus of 16-week-old female rats following postnatal exposure to 900 MHz EMF. Rats in the EMF group were exposed to 900 MHz EMF for 1 hour per day for 28 days, with a SAR ranging from 0.016 (whole body) to 2 W/kg (locally in the head). Postnatal EMF exposure caused a significant decrease of the pyramidal cell number in the CA, and cell loss was also visible at qualitative observation.
Why This Matters
The study used three groups of 6 rats each: a control group, a sham-exposed group placed in the exposure tube without EMF, and an EMF-exposed group. Cell counts were estimated using the optical fractionator technique, and histopathological evaluations were made on sections of the CA region of the hippocampus. The authors noted that these results may encourage researchers to evaluate the chronic effects of 900 MHz EMF on teenagers' brains.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 0.016 and 2 W/kg
- Source/Device
- 900 MHz EMF
- Exposure Duration
- 1 h/day for 28 days
Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
The current study investigated the number of pyramidal cells in the cornu ammonis (CA) of the 16-week-old female rat hippocampus following postnatal exposure to a 900 megahertz (MHz) EMF.
In this study were three groups of 6 rats: control (Cont), sham exposed (Sham), and EMF exposed (EMF...
Results showed that postnatal EMF exposure caused a significant decrease of the pyramidal cell numbe...
These results may encourage researchers to evaluate the chronic effects of 900 MHz EMF on teenagers' brains.
Show BibTeX
@article{o_2009_900_mhz_electromagnetic_field_68,
author = {Bas O and Odaci E and Kaplan S and Acer N and Ucok K and Colakoglu S},
title = {900 MHz electromagnetic field exposure affects qualitative and quantitative features of hippocampal pyramidal cells in the adult female rat},
year = {2009},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006899309002996},
}