Neural and behavioral teratological evaluation of rats exposed to ultra-wideband electromagnetic fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 524-537

  Cobb, Brenda L ^a,e   Jauchem, James R ^a   Mason, Patrick A ^b   Dooley, Michael P ^c   Miller, Stephanie A ^a   Ziriax, John M ^d   Murphy, Michael R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Veridian Engineering Inc ^*  (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^e USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Electromagnetic fields; High peak power pulses; Teratology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; IRRADIATION; LEAD COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; RATS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BEHAVIOR; FERTILISATION; HIGH-PEAK-POWER PULSE; NANOSECOND PULSE; PULSEWIDTHS; PULSWIDTHS; RISETIMES; TERATOLOGY; ULTRA WIDEBAND EXPOSURES; ULTRAWIDE BAND;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VOCALIZATION;

ABNORMALITIES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICROWAVES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034293711     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-186X(200010)21:7<524::AID-BEM6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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