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 AbstractGlucose treatment reversed spatial memory deficits in rats exposed to chronic low-power-density microwave irradiation.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed Wistar rats to 2.45 GHz pulsed microwave irradiation at a power density of 1 mW/cm2 for 3 hours per day for up to 30 days. Microwave exposure induced spatial learning and memory impairments in rats, and reduced hippocampal glucose uptake in the absence or presence of insulin. Blood glucose and insulin levels were not affected, but spatial memory deficits were reversed by systemic glucose treatment.
Why This Matters
The study investigated whether glucose treatment could attenuate memory deficits caused by chronic low-power-density microwave exposure. The researchers also examined the effect of microwave exposure on hippocampal glucose uptake. The results suggest that reduced hippocampal glucose uptake may be associated with cognitive impairment caused by microwave exposure.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 0.2 and 0.7 W/kg
- Power Density
- 1 mW/cm²
- Source/Device
- 2.45 GHz
- Exposure Duration
- continuous for 3 h/day on 30 days
Exposure Context
This study used 1 mW/cm² 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/cm2 for 3 h/day,...
Our results indicate that glucose administration attenuates the spatial memory deficits induced by c...
Show BibTeX
@article{y_2012_glucose_administration_attenuates_spatial_132,
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://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031938412001680},
}