Mobile phone radiation and the developing brain: Behavioral and morphological effects in juvenile rats

Radiation Research

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-479

  Kumlin, Timo ^a   Iivonen, Hennariikka ^a   Miettinen, Pasi ^a   Juvonen, Antti ^a   Van Groen, Thomas ^b   Puranen, Lauri ^d   Pitkäaho, Risto ^e   Juutilainen, Jukka ^a   Tanila, Heikki ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^e VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 35548997774     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1002.1     Document Type: Article

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