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
Fragopoulou AF et al. 2010 animal, mouse/BALB/c, whole body learning and spatial memory 900 MHz 0.41–0.98 W/kg 1 h 55 min. for the first 3 days (1 h prior to the first trial, 3 x 15 min. between trials, 10 min. after the last trial); 3 hr 45 min. on the fourth days (1 h prior to the first trial, 3 x 15 min. between trials, 2 h prior to the probe trial) mobile communications, digital mobile phone, GSM, PW pulsed wave
Dubreuil D et al. 2002 animal, rat/Sprague-Dawley, partial body: head learning capacity 900 MHz 1–3.5 W/kg repeated daily exposure for 45 min for 10 or 14 days GSM, mobile communications
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
Son Y et al. 2016 animal, mouse/transgenic 5xFAD (contains 5 human genes associated with Alzheimer's disease), whole body memory and beta-amyloid protein metabolism in Alzheimer's disease model mice 1,950 MHz 5 W/kg 2 h/day, 5 days/week for 3 months mobile phone, UMTS, W-CDMA, mobile communications, RF field
Wang K et al. 2017 animal, mouse/C57BL, whole body memory and learning (object recognition) in mice 1.8 GHz 1.98–3.3 W/kg 30 minutes mobile communications, mobile phone, RF field, microwaves
Eibert T et al. 1997 human, partial body: head memory, learning efficiency 914 MHz - continuous for 10 min GSM, mobile communications
Hinrichs H et al. 2004 human, partial body: head (left ear) neural activity during retrieval task 1.87 GHz 0.61–1.14 W/kg continuous for 30 min GSM, 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
Abdel-Rassoul G et al. 2007 human, whole body neurobehavioral effects - - repeated daily exposure for 8 or 15 h/day mobile communications, mobile phone base station
Grafstrom G et al. 2008 animal, rat/Fischer 344, whole body neuronal damage, blood-brain barrier permeability and effects on ageing process and memory 900 MHz 0.6–60 mW/kg 2 hr/week for 55 weeks mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
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
Bamiou DE et al. 2015 human, partial body: ear (each side) perception of verticality and horizontality 882 Hz 0.3–1.3 W/kg continuous for 2 x 30 minutes (30 minutes per ear) mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, CW continuous wave
Sienkiewicz ZJ et al. 2000 animal, mouse/C57BL/6J, whole body performance in a maze 900 MHz 0.05 W/kg repeated daily exposure, 45 min/day for 10 days GSM, mobile communications, microwaves
Wilen J et al. 2006 human, partial body: head physiological and cognitive responses 900 MHz 0.8–1 W/kg continuous for 30 min GSM, mobile communications
Malek F et al. 2015 human, whole body physiological changes and cognitive performance 945 MHz - not specified mobile phone base station, GSM, UMTS, 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
Curcio G et al. 2008 human, partial body: head (right ear) psychomotor functions 902.4 MHz 0.5 W/kg intermittent, 10 min off/15 min on, for 85 min digital mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Unterlechner M et al. 2008 human, partial body: head reaction time and attention 1.97 GHz 0.37–1.67 W/kg session lasting about 1.5 h digital mobile phone, UMTS, CDMA, mobile communications
Ntzouni MP et al. 2011 animal, mouse/C57BL/6J, whole body recognition memory 1,800 MHz 0.22 W/kg 90 min/day for 3 days (acute exposure), 17 days (chronic exposure-I) or 31 days (chronic exposure-II) mobile phone, digital 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
Smythe JW et al. 2003 human, partial body: ear short and long-term memory 1,800 MHz 0.79 W/kg continuous for 15 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
Cinel C et al. 2008 human, partial body: right or left ear short-term memory, vigilance, attention 888 MHz 1.4–11.2 W/kg continuous for 45 min (experiment 1) or 40 min (experiment 2) mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, RF field
Ntzouni MP et al. 2013 animal, mouse/C57BL/6J, whole body spatial and non-spatial memory performance 1,800 MHz 0.11 W/kg 90 min/day every day or every second day for up to 83 days (detailed description in "aim of study") mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, co-exposure
Hao D et al. 2013 animal, rat/Wistar, whole body spatial learning and memory 916 MHz - continuous for 2 x 3 h/day (6 h/day), 5 days/week, 10 weeks mobile phone, mobile communications, RF field
Dubreuil D et al. 2003 animal, rat/Sprague-Dawley, partial body: head spatial memory 900 MHz 1–3.5 W/kg repeated daily exposure for 45 min for 7, 9 or 12 days GSM, mobile communications
Ammari M et al. 2008 animal, rat/Sprague-Dawley, partial body: head spatial memory 900 MHz 1.5–6 W/kg 45 min/day, 5 days/week for 8 weeks or 24 weeks mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Wiholm C et al. 2009 human, partial body: head, ear (left hemisphere) spatial memory and learning 884 MHz 0.23–1.95 W/kg continuous for 2.5 h digital mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
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
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
Wiholm C et al. 2007 human spatial memory performance 884 MHz 0.23–1.95 W/kg continuous for 3 h mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Luria R et al. 2009 human, partial body: head (left or right side) spatial working memory 890.2 MHz 0.54–1.09 W/kg 1 h mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Hareuveny R et al. 2011 human, partial body: head (left or right side) spatial working memory 890.2 MHz 0.54–1.09 W/kg not specified in the article mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, 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
Verrender A et al. 2016 human, partial body: left side of head visual discrimination and working memory 920 MHz 1–2 W/kg continuous for 30 minutes mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Mortazavi SM et al. 2012 human, partial body: right ear visual reaction time - 1.23 W/kg 5 x 10 min. (in random order with sham exposure and 30 min. rest in between) mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Regel SJ et al. 2007 human, partial body: head waking EEG, cognitive performance 900 MHz 1 W/kg continuous for 30 min digital mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
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
Regel SJ et al. 2006 human, whole body well-being, cognitive performance, and perceived field strength 2,140 MHz 6.2 µW/kg–32 mW/kg continuous for 45 min mobile phone base station, UMTS, mobile communications
Koivisto M et al. 2000 human, partial body: head working memory 902 MHz - continuous for about 30 min GSM, mobile communications
Sauter C et al. 2015 human, partial body: left side of the head working memory and attention, well-being 385 MHz 1.5–6 W/kg continuous for 2.5 hours TETRA/TETRAPOL, 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