Biological and morphological effects on the brain after exposure of rats to a 1439 MHz TDMA field

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 364-371

  Tsurita, Giichiro ^a   Nagawa, Hirokazu ^a   Ueno, Shoogo ^a   Watanabe, Soichi ^b   Taki, Masao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Athermal effect; Blood brain barrier; Body mass change; Cerebellum

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BLOOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; NEURONS; RATS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

ATHERMAL EFFECT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BODY MASS; BODY MASS CHANGE; CEREBELLUM; EXPOSED TO; EXPOSURE SYSTEM; MASS CHANGE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

BRAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TELEPHONE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MICROWAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0034218682     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-186X(200007)21:5<364::AID-BEM5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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