Responses of neurons to an amplitude modulated microwave stimulus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 333, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-178

  Beason, Robert C ^a,b   Semm, Peter ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Cellular telephone; Central nervous system; Health risk; Magnetic field

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOWL; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TELEPHONE;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROWAVES; NEURONS; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037195563     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00903-5     Document Type: Article

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