Study type: Medical/biological study (experimental study)

Effect of radio-frequency electromagnetic radiations (RF-EMR) on passive avoidance behaviour and hippocampal morphology in Wistar rats med./bio.

Published in: Ups J Med Sci 2010; 115 (2): 91-96

Aim of study (acc. to author)

To study the effect of radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure from mobile phones on passive avoidance behaviour and hippocampal morphology in male rats (n=12). A group of another 12 rats formed the control group.

Endpoint

Exposure

Exposure Parameters
Exposure 1: 0.9–1.8 GHz
Exposure duration: 50 times 45 s/h once per day for 4 weeks
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Exposure 1

Main characteristics
Frequency 0.9–1.8 GHz
Type
Exposure duration 50 times 45 s/h once per day for 4 weeks
Additional info phone used in vibratory mode, no ring tone
Exposure setup
Exposure source
Setup phone placed in the animal cage in a wood-bottomed 12 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm cage with a bamboo wire mesh top
Parameters

No parameters are specified for this exposure.

Exposed system:

Methods Endpoint/measurement parameters/methodology

Investigated system:
Investigated organ system:
Time of investigation:
  • after exposure

Main outcome of study (acc. to author)

Passive avoidance behaviour was significantly affected in mobile phone-exposed rats demonstrated as shorter latency to enter the dark compartment when compared to the control rats. Marked morphological changes (shrunken, darkly stained neurons) were also found in the CA3 region of the hippocampus of the exposed rats.
The authors conclude that mobile phone exposure significantly altered the passive avoidance behaviour and hippocampal morphology in rats.

Study character:

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