Effect of an acute 900 MHz GSM exposure on glia in the rat brain: A time-dependent study

Toxicology

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-33

  Brillaud, Elsa ^a   Piotrowski, Aleksandra ^a   de Seze, René ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Brain; Electromagnetic fields; GFAP; Neurotoxicity; Rat

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIA; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DENTATE GYRUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOBILE PHONE; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUTAMEN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

RATTUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELLULAR PHONE; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEUROGLIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUTAMEN; RADIO WAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447650085     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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