Acute exposure to low-level CW and GSM-modulated 900 MHz radiofrequency does not affect Ba2+ currents through voltage-gated calcium channels in rat cortical neurons

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 599-607

  Platano, Daniela ^a   Mesirca, Pietro ^a   Paffi, Alessandra ^b   Pellegrino, Monica ^b   Liberti, Micaela ^b,c   Apollonio, Francesca ^b,c   Bersani, Ferdinando ^a,c   Aicardi, Giorgio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Interuniversity Ctr for the Stud of Interactions between Electromagnetic Flds and Biosystems   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Ion currents; Non thermal effects; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; RATS;

'CURRENT; 900 MHZ; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CONTINUOUS WAVE; ION CURRENTS; NON THERMAL EFFECT; PATCH CLAMP; RADIOFREQUENCIES; RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; RAT CORTICAL NEURONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

BARIUM; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAT;

RATTUS;

EID: 36649035956     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20345     Document Type: Article

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