Electromagnetic field of mobile phones affects visual event related potential in patients with narcolepsy

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 519-528

  Jech, Robert ^a   Šonka, Karel ^a   Růžička, Evžen ^a   Nebuželský, Antonín ^a   Böhm, Jiří ^a   Juklíčková, Michaela ^a   Nevšímalová, Soňa ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cellular phones; EEG; GSM; Odd ball paradigm; Radiotelephones; Reaction time; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; HUMAN REACTION TIME;

900 MHZ; CELLULAR PHONE; COGNITIVE TASK; EVENT RELATED POTENTIALS; IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; ODD-BALL PARADIGM; RADIOTELEPHONE; SLEEPINESS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TARGET STIMULUS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CATAPLEXY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TELEPHONE;

BRAIN MAPPING; CATAPLEXY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0035487888     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.81     Document Type: Article

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