Is the brain influenced by a phone call? An EEG study of resting wakefulness

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-270

  Curcio, G ^a   Ferrara, M ^b   Moroni, F ^a   D'Inzeo, G ^a   Bertini, M ^a   De Gennaro, L ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG; Electromagnetic fields; GSM; Mobile phones; Radio frequency radiation; Resting wakefulness; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 26844491224     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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