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Effect of long-term (2 years) exposure of mouse brains to global system for mobile communication (GSM) radiofrequency fields on astrocytic immunoreactivity.
Court-Kowalski S, Finnie JW, Manavis J, Blumbergs PC, Helps SC, Vink R. · 2015
View Original AbstractTwo years of high-level cell phone radiation exposure produced no detectable brain cell activation in mice, even at levels exceeding typical phone use.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed mice to cell phone radiation (900 MHz) at high levels (4 W/kg SAR) for five days per week over two full years, then examined their brains for signs of astrocyte activation - a cellular response that indicates brain injury or stress. They found no detectable changes in these protective brain cells compared to unexposed mice, suggesting this level of radiofrequency exposure did not trigger measurable brain inflammation or damage.
Study Details
This study was designed to determine whether long-term (2 years) brain exposure to mobile telephone radiofrequency (RF) fields produces any astrocytic activation as these glia react to a wide range of neural perturbations by astrogliosis.
Using a purpose-designed exposure system at 900 MHz, mice were given a single, far-field whole body ...
There was no change in astrocytic GFAP immunostaining in brains after long-term exposure to mobile t...
It was concluded that long-term (2 years) exposure of murine brains to mobile telephone RF fields did not produce any astrocytic reaction (astrogliosis) detectable by GFAP immunostaining.
Show BibTeX
@article{s_2015_effect_of_longterm_2_2989,
author = {Court-Kowalski S and Finnie JW and Manavis J and Blumbergs PC and Helps SC and Vink R.},
title = {Effect of long-term (2 years) exposure of mouse brains to global system for mobile communication (GSM) radiofrequency fields on astrocytic immunoreactivity.},
year = {2015},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25703451/},
}