Iridium exposure increases c-fos expression in the mouse brain only at levels which likely result in tissue heating

Neuroscience

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1539-1546

  Morrissey, J J ^a   Raney, S ^a   Heasley, E ^a   Rathinavelu, P ^a   Dauphinee, M ^a   Fallon, J H ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular telephone; Gene expression; Microwave; Radiofrequency; Stress

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLORING AGENTS; DENSITOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; HEAT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IRIDIUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROWAVES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033042295     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00091-3     Document Type: Article

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