Immunohistochemical findings that exposure to 915 MHz Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) mobile phone microwaves activates microglia in rat brain

Journal of Tokyo Medical University

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-36

  Kudo, Motoshige ^a   Fujita, Koji ^a   Niyaz, Madinyet ^a   Matsuyama, Nagahisa ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

915 MHz global system for mobile communications (GSM) microwave; Immunohistochemistry; Microglia; Morphological transformation; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEART PERFUSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; MICROTOME; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 33847092490     PISSN: 00408905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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