Glucose administration attenuates spatial memory deficits induced by chronic low-power-density microwave exposure.
Lu Y, Xu S, He M, Chen C, Zhang L, Liu C, Chu F, Yu Z, Zhou Z, Zhong M. · 2012
View Original AbstractWiFi-frequency radiation disrupted brain energy metabolism and impaired memory in rats at power levels similar to everyday wireless device exposure.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed rats to WiFi-frequency radiation for three hours daily over 30 days, finding it impaired spatial memory by reducing glucose uptake in the brain's memory center. Glucose supplements reversed these memory problems, suggesting wireless radiation may interfere with brain energy metabolism.
Why This Matters
This research provides crucial insight into how everyday wireless radiation affects brain function at the cellular level. The power density used (1 mW/cm²) falls within ranges you might encounter from WiFi routers and other common devices, making these findings directly relevant to daily exposure scenarios. What makes this study particularly significant is that it identifies a specific biological mechanism - disrupted brain glucose metabolism - that could explain the cognitive effects reported in EMF research. The fact that glucose supplementation reversed the memory deficits suggests the brain damage isn't permanent, but it also confirms that the radiation is genuinely interfering with normal brain function. This adds to the growing body of evidence showing that wireless radiation affects the nervous system through multiple pathways, not just heating effects as industry often claims.
Exposure Details
- Power Density
- 1 µW/m²
- Source/Device
- 2.45 GHz
- Exposure Duration
- 3 h/day, for up to 30 days.
Exposure Context
This study used 1 µW/m² for radio frequency:
- 100Mx above the Building Biology guideline of 0.1 μW/m²
- 1.7Mx above the BioInitiative Report recommendation of 0.0006 μW/cm²
Building Biology guidelines are practitioner-based limits from real-world assessments. BioInitiative Report recommendations are based on peer-reviewed science. Check Your Exposure to compare your own measurements.
Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
In the present study, we investigated whether glucose treatment attenuated memory deficits caused by chronic low-power-density microwave (MW) exposure, and the effect of MW exposure on hippocampal glucose uptake.
We exposed Wistar rats to 2.45 GHz pulsed MW irradiation at a power density of 1 mW/cm(2) for 3 h/da...
MW exposure induced spatial learning and memory impairments in rats. Hippocampal glucose uptake was ...
Our results indicate that glucose administration attenuates the spatial memory deficits induced by chronic low-power-density MW exposure, and reduced hippocampal glucose uptake may be associated with cognitive impairment caused by MW exposure.
Show BibTeX
@article{y_2012_glucose_administration_attenuates_spatial_1166,
author = {Lu Y and Xu S and He M and Chen C and Zhang L and Liu C and Chu F and Yu Z and Zhou Z and Zhong M.},
title = {Glucose administration attenuates spatial memory deficits induced by chronic low-power-density microwave exposure.},
year = {2012},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22564535/},
}