GSM radiation triggers seizures and increases cerebral c-Fos positivity in rats pretreated with subconvulsive doses of picrotoxin

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 398, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 139-144

  López Martín, Elena ^a   Relova Quinteiro, José L ^a   Gallego Gómez, Rosalia ^a   Peleteiro Fernández, Manuel ^a   Jorge Barreiro, Francisco J ^a   Ares Pena, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

C fos; GSM; Mobile phone; Picrotoxin; Seizure

Indexed keywords

PICROTOXIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION RADIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SEIZURE; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; CONVULSANTS; MALE; MICROWAVES; PICROTOXIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES;

EID: 33646009966     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.12.082     Document Type: Article

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