The effects of low-frequency environmental-strength electromagnetic fields on brain electrical activity: A critical review of the literature

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-101

  Carrubba, Simona ^a   Marino, Andrew A ^a  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain electrical activity; Electroencephalogram; Electromagnetic field; Evoked potentials; Nonlinear analysis; Recurrence analysis

Indexed keywords

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; BRAIN ACTIVITIES; BRAIN ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; CRITICAL REVIEW; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); EVOKED POTENTIALS (EP); HUMAN SUBJECTS; LOW FREQUENCY (LF); LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; SENSORY TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6);

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

BRAIN;

ANIMALIA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 46249086739     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15368370802088758     Document Type: Review

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