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
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
Curcio G et al. 2012 human, partial body: right ear brain BOLD (blood-oxygen-level dependent) response, somatosensory reaction time task 902.4 MHz 0.212–1.25 W/kg continuous for 45 min digital mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, PW pulsed wave
Vecchio F et al. 2012 human, partial body: left side of the head cortical activity (EEG), visual reaction time task 902.4 MHz 0.5 W/kg continuous for 45 min digital mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, PW pulsed wave
Eibert T et al. 1997 human, partial body: head memory, learning efficiency 914 MHz - continuous for 10 min GSM, mobile communications
Gehlen W et al. 1996 human, partial body: head EEG, cognitive functions 914.2 MHz - 10 min mobile communications, digital mobile phone, PW pulsed wave
Preece AW et al. 1999 human, partial body: head/left ear cognitive function 915 MHz - continuous for 25 to 30 min analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
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
Hao D et al. 2012 animal, rat/ Wistar, whole body - 916 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, RF field
Arendash GW et al. 2010 hippocampus homogenates, animal, mouse/transgenic (AβPPsw) and non-transgenic littermate, whole body Alzheimer's disease, cognitive performance 918 MHz 250 mW/kg 2 times (early morning and late afternoon) 1 h/day for 9.5 months mobile phone, mobile communications, therapeutic/medical device
Arendash GW et al. 2012 animal, mouse/56.25% C57, 12.5% B6, 18.75% SJL, and 12.5% Swiss-Webster - 918 MHz 0.25–1.05 W/kg 2 h/day (early morning and late afternoon) for 2 months (study I) or 12 days (study II) mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, PW pulsed wave, therapeutic/medical device
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
Dalecki A et al. 2018 human - 920 MHz - - mobile communications, GSM, RF field
Meo SA et al. 2019 human, whole body - 925 MHz - - mobile phone base station, mobile communications
Zwamborn APM et al. 2003 human, whole body cognitive performance, well-being 945 MHz 0.000316 µW/kg–0.082 mW/kg continuous for 20 min mobile phone base station, GSM, UMTS, CDMA, TDMA, 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
Jadidi M et al. 2009 animal, rat/Wistar - 950 MHz 0.03–0.05 W/kg for 45 min before each training block (LDP or HDP field) mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Yamaguchi H et al. 2003 animal, rat/Sprague-Dawley, whole body learning and memory 1.439 GHz 1.7–110 W/kg repeated daily exposure for 1 h/day for 4 days PDC, TDMA, mobile communications
Vecsei Z et al. 2018 human - 1,750–1,947 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, LTE, UMTS
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
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
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
de Caires Jr LC et al. 2014 animal, rat/Wistar, whole body effects on anxiety, working memory and stress 1,800 MHz - intermittent for 3 days (25 s phone calls every 2 min) mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
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
Zhang JP et al. 2017 animal, mouse/C57BL/6, whole body - 1.8 GHz - - mobile phone, mobile communications, RF field
Kishore GK et al. 2019 animal, mouse/Swiss albino - 1,800–2,100 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, 4G, GSM
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
Lee TM et al. 2003 human, partial body: head attention 1.9 GHz - continuous for 25 min GSM, mobile communications
Trunk A et al. 2013 human, partial body: head - 1,947 MHz 1.75–3.75 W/kg continuous for 30 min digital mobile phone, UMTS, mobile communications
Son Y et al. 2015 animal, mouse/C57BL/6, whole body cognitive functions and hippocampal histology 1,950 MHz 5 W/kg continuous for 2 hours/day for 60 days mobile phone, W-CDMA, mobile communications
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
Son Y et al. 2018 - - 1,950 MHz - - W-CDMA, mobile communications
Jeong YJ et al. 2020 animal, C57BL/6J mouse - 1,950 MHz - - mobile communications, W-CDMA, RF field
Singh KV et al. 2020 animal, rat/Wistar - 1,966.1 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, UMTS
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
Bhargav H et al. 2016 human - 2,100 MHz 0.4–0.54 W/kg - mobile phone, UMTS, mobile communications
Sharma A et al. 2019 animal, rat/ Wistar - 2,100 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, microwaves
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
Riddervold IS et al. 2008 human, whole body cognitive performance 2,140 MHz - continuous for 45 min mobile phone base station, UMTS, mobile communications
Shirai T et al. 2014 animal, rat/Sprague-Dawley, whole body fertility, development, brain functions and morphology of major organs of rats 2.14 GHz 0.034–0.244 W/g continuous for 20 h/day over 3 generations mobile phone, W-CDMA, mobile communications
Krivova NA et al. 2024 animal, rat/Wistar - 2.4 GHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone base station, 5G
Zheng R et al. 2023 animal, mouse/C57BL/6 N - 2,650 MHz - - mobile communications, 5G
Zhou GQ et al. 2024 animal, C57BL/6 mouse - 3.5 GHz - - mobile communications, 5G, PW pulsed wave