Study overviews

Mobile phone related articles are

Please note that a publication can be assigned to several endpoints, i.e. the sum of publications from the individual thematic points and subpoints can be greater than the total sum of actual publications.

Experimental studies on mobile communications

1697 studies in total
  1. Health
    738 studies
  2. DNA, proteins, and oxidative stress
    562 studies
  3. Brain
    511 studies
  4. Cells
    221 studies
  5. Other
    204 studies
  6. Cell functions
    118 studies

Brain

511 studies in total
  1. Others (brain related)
    153 studies
  2. Brain activity/EEG/evoked potentials
    148 studies
  3. Cognitive, psychomotor, or memory functions
    142 studies
  4. Brain metabolism
    79 studies
  5. Sleep
    35 studies
  6. Blood-brain barrier permeability
    35 studies
  7. Cerebral blood flow
    18 studies

Cognitive, psychomotor, or memory functions 142 studies in total

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Authors Year Exposed system Endpoints Frequency range SAR Exposure duration Parameters
Authors Year Exposed system Endpoints Frequency range SAR Exposure duration Parameters
Sauter C et al. 2011 human, partial body: head attention and working memory 900 MHz 7.82–10.98 W/kg 3 days (à 7 h 15 minutes), separated by at least two week intervals mobile phone, GSM, UMTS, W-CDMA, mobile communications
Schmid MR et al. 2012 human, partial body: left side of the head working memory, attention, reaction time, polysomnography 900 MHz 2 W/kg continuous for 30 min. GSM, mobile communications, PW pulsed wave
Cammaerts MC et al. 2012 invertebrate, ant (<i>Myrmica sabuleti</i>), whole body association between food sites and olfactory or visual cues 900 MHz - see add. information digital mobile phone, mobile phone base station, GSM, mobile communications
Bouji M et al. 2012 animal, rat/Sprague-Dawley, partial body: head astrocyte activation (glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)), pro-inflammatory cytokine expression (interleukin), stress (corticosterone), emotional memory 900 MHz 6 W/kg continuous for 15 min digital mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, PW pulsed wave
Loughran SP et al. 2013 human, partial body: head waking EEG, cognitive performance 900 MHz 0.35–1.4 W/kg continuous for 30 min mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, PW pulsed wave
Deshmukh PS et al. 2013 animal, rat/Fischer 344, whole body spatial memory and learning, oxidative stress in blood 900 MHz 84.738 µW/kg 2 h/day, 5 days a week for 30 days mobile phone, mobile communications, microwaves
Megha K et al. 2012 animal, rat/Fischer 344, whole body oxidative stress and cytokine production in rat brain, spatial memory and learning 900 MHz 0.5835–0.5953 mW/kg 2 h/day, 5 days a week for 30 days mobile phone, mobile communications, microwaves
Maaroufi K et al. 2014 animal, rat/Long-Evans, whole body level of dopamine and serotonin, oxidative stress in brain, spatial learning and memory 900 MHz 0.05–0.18 W/kg 1 hour per day for 21 consecutive days mobile phone, mobile communications, co-exposure
Razavinasab M et al. 2016 animal, rat/Wistar, whole body electrophysiological changes of pyramidal cells, learning and memory 900 MHz 0.3–0.9 W/kg 6 h/day during gestation mobile phone, mobile communications
Saikhedkar N et al. 2014 animal, rat/Wistar, whole body structure and function of the rat brain and oxidative stress 900 MHz 0.99 W/kg continuous for 4 h/day for 15 days mobile phone, mobile communications
Schneider J et al. 2014 animal, rat/Wistar albino - 900 MHz 0.4 W/kg - mobile phone, GSM, UMTS, mobile communications
Klose M et al. 2014 animal, rat/Wistar (RccHan:WIST), partial body: head behavior, learning, memory and motor abilities 900 MHz 0.7–10 W/kg 5 to 120 min/day, 5 days/week from the age of 14 days to 19 months (5 min at the beginning and stepwise increase to 120 min within the next 7 days) mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, PW pulsed wave
Movvahedi MM et al. 2014 human, partial body: ear - 900 MHz 1.45 W/kg - mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Tang J et al. 2015 animal, rat/Sprague-Dawley, partial body: head relationship between memory function, blood brain barrier permeability and the mkp-1/ERK pathway in the rat brain 900 MHz 0.016–2 W/g continuous for 3 h/day for 14 days mobile phone, mobile communications
Deshmukh PS et al. 2015 animal, rat/Fischer 344, whole body cognitive function, Hsp70 protein expression and DNA damage in the rat brain 900 MHz 0.5853–0.6672 mW/kg continuous for 2 h/day, 5 days/week for 180 days mobile communications, microwaves, 2.45 GHz
Ikinci A et al. 2013 animal, rat/Sprague-Dawley, whole body: <i>in utero</i> hippocampus morphology and learning behavior in rat pups 900 MHz - continuous for 1 h/day from day 13 to 21 of pregnancy mobile phone, mobile communications
Narayanan SN et al. 2015 animal, rat/Wistar, whole body neural structure of the hippocampus, learning and spatial memory 900 MHz 1.15 W/kg continuous for 1 h/day for 28 days mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, RF field
Nirwane A et al. 2016 animal, zebrafish (<i>Danio rerio</i>, AB wild type strain), whole body behavior of zebrafish and oxidative stress in the brain 900 MHz 1.34 W/kg for 1 hour/day for 14 days mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Bouji M et al. 2016 animal, rat/Wistar, partial body: head biochemical markers for age-related neurobiological deficits, memory and behavior 900 MHz 6 W/kg continuous for 45 min on the experimental days 1–5, 8–12, 15–19 and 22–26 mobile phone, mobile communications, RF field
Petitdant N et al. 2016 - - 900 MHz - - mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, RF field, PW pulsed wave, co-exposure
Barthélémy A et al. 2016 - - 900 MHz - - mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, RF field
Deshmukh PS et al. 2016 animal, rat/Fischer 344, whole body Hsp70 protein expression and DNA damage, learning and spatial memory 900 MHz 0.5835–0.6672 mW/kg 2 hours/day, 5 days/week for 90 days mobile communications, mobile phone, microwaves, low level microwaves, W-LAN/WiFi, RF field, CW continuous wave
Gökçek-Saraç Ç et al. 2017 animal, rat/Wistar albino - 900 MHz - - mobile communications
Petitdant N et al. 2018 animal, rat/Sprague Dawley - 900 MHz - - mobile communications, GSM, RF field, co-exposure
Ahmadi S et al. 2018 animal, rat/Wistar, whole body - 900 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, GSM
Nasser M et al. 2018 animal, rat/Sprague Dawley - 900 MHz - - mobile communications, GSM
Bouji M et al. 2020 animal, rat/Long-Evans - 900 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, RF field, co-exposure
Sharma S et al. 2020 animal, rat/ Wistar - 900 MHz - - mobile communications, RF field
Azimzadeh M et al. 2020 animal, rat/Sprague Dawley - 900 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone base station, co-exposure
Tafakori S et al. 2020 animal, rat/ Wistar - 900 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone
Azimzadeh M et al. 2020 animal, rat/Sprague Dawley - 900 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone base station
Fowler JEN et al. 2019 human, partial body - 900 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, GSM
Ustunova S et al. 2022 animal, rat/Wistar albino - 900 MHz - - mobile communications, GSM, mobile phone
Akefe IO et al. 2023 animal, mouse - 900 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, RF field, also other exposures without EMF, co-exposure
Khayat S et al. 2023 animal, rat/Wistar (<i>in utero</i>) - 900 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, RF field
Narayanan SN et al. 2009 animal, rat/Wistar albino, whole body spatial memory performance 900–1,800 MHz - 50 missed calls/day, separated by 15 s intervals, for 4 weeks mobile communications, digital mobile phone, GSM
Eltiti S et al. 2009 human, whole body cognitive functioning: short-term memory, attention and perceptual motor speed, working memory, blood volume pulse, heart rate, skin conductance 900–1,800 MHz - continuous for 50 min mobile phone base station, GSM, UMTS, mobile communications
Narayanan SN et al. 2010 animal, rat/Wistar albino, whole body hippocampus morphology, passive avoidance behaviour 0.9–1.8 GHz - 50 times 45 s/h once per day for 4 weeks mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Altuntas G et al. 2018 human, partial body - 900–1,800 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone
Gupta SK et al. 2018 animal, rat/Charles-Foster albino - 900–2,450 MHz - - mobile communications, GSM, mobile phone, CDMA, W-LAN/WiFi
Koivisto M et al. 2000 human, partial body: head cognitive functioning 902 MHz - continuous for about 1 h GSM, mobile communications
Koivisto M et al. 2000 human, partial body: head working memory 902 MHz - continuous for about 30 min GSM, mobile communications
Haarala C et al. 2003 human, partial body: head cognitive functioning 902 MHz 0.88–1.2 W/kg continuous for 65 min GSM, mobile communications
Maier R et al. 2004 human, partial body: head (left ear) cognitive processing 902 MHz - continuous for 50 min GSM, mobile communications
Haarala C et al. 2004 human, partial body: head (left side) short term memory 902 MHz 0.99–2.07 W/kg continuous for 65 min GSM, mobile communications
Preece AW et al. 2005 human, partial body: head cognitive function 902 MHz 0.28 W/kg continuous for 30 min GSM, mobile communications
Haarala C et al. 2005 human, partial body: head (left side) cognitive function 902 MHz 0.99–2.07 W/kg continuous for approx. 50 min GSM, mobile communications
Haarala C et al. 2007 human, partial body: head (left and right side) cognitive function 902 MHz 0.738–1.18 W/kg continuous for approx. 90 min GSM, mobile communications
Kwon MS et al. 2010 human, partial body: left and right side of the head (temporal area) event-related potentials/mismatch negativity, auditory sensory memory of children 902 MHz 0.82–1.21 W/kg 6 min blocks, 3 blocks on one ear - then 3 blocks on the other ear; each three block sequence consisted of one block EMF off, 2 blocks EMF on mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Curcio G et al. 2004 human, partial body: head psychomotor and cognitive performance, tympanic temperature 902.4 MHz 0.5 W/kg continuous for 45 min digital mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications