No evidence of major transcriptional changes in the brain of mice exposed to 1800 MHz GSM signal

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 312-323

  Paparini, A ^a,b   Rossi, P ^c   Gianfranceschi, G ^a   Brugaletta, V ^c   Falsaperla, R ^c   De Luca, P ^d   Romano Spica, V ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ISPESL   (Italy)

^d Grande Ospedale Metropolitano   (Italy)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Microarray; Microwave; Mobile phones; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MAMMALS; MICROARRAYS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBES;

COMMUNICATION SIGNALS; EXPOSED TO; EXPRESSION MICROARRAY; GENES EXPRESSION; RADIOFREQUENCIES; REAL-TIME PCR; STRINGENT CONSTRAINTS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL CHANGES; WHOLE BRAINS; WHOLE-BODY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 42949134773     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20399     Document Type: Article

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