The role of coherence time in the effect of microwaves on ornithine decarboxylase activity.
Litovitz TA, Krause D, Penafiel M, Elson EC, Mullins JM, · 1993
View Original AbstractAmplitude-modulated 915 MHz microwaves at 55-65 Hz approximately doubled ornithine decarboxylase activity after 8 h, but switching modulation frequencies at coherence times of 1.0 s or less abolished the enhancement.
Plain English Summary
The study investigated the role of coherence time in the effect of microwaves on ornithine decarboxylase activity. Amplitude-modulated 915 MHz microwaves at SAR 2.5 W/kg modulated at 55, 60, or 65 Hz approximately doubled ornithine decarboxylase activity after 8 h, and switching modulation frequencies at coherence times of 1.0 s or less abolished the enhancement while times of 10 s or longer provided full enhancement.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 2.5 W/kg
- Source/Device
- 915 MHz modulated at 55, 60, or 65 Hz
Exposure Context
This study used 2.5 W/kg for SAR (device absorption):
- 6.3x above the Building Biology guideline of 0.4 W/kg
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Study Details
The aim of this study is to investigate The role of coherence time in the effect of microwaves on ornithine decarboxylase activity.
Further investigation has revealed a remarkably similar coherence time phenomenon for enhancement of...
Our results show that the microwave coherence effects are remarkably similar to those observed with ELF fields.
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@article{ta_1993_the_role_of_coherence_1155,
author = {Litovitz TA and Krause D and Penafiel M and Elson EC and Mullins JM and},
title = {The role of coherence time in the effect of microwaves on ornithine decarboxylase activity.},
year = {1993},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8285913/},
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