Upregulation of specific mRNA levels in rat brain after cell phone exposure

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-154

  Yan, Ji Geng ^a   Agresti, Michael ^a   Zhang, Lin Ling ^a   Yan, Yuhui ^a   Matloub, Hani S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phones; mRNA; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BIOACTIVITY; BIOMOLECULES; CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION; CELLS; HEALTH; LEAD; MOBILE PHONES; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; RADIATION; RATS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

CELL PHONE EXPOSURE; CELL PHONES; CELL-PHONE RADIATION; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; MICROWAVE RADIATIONS; MRNA LEVELS; MRNA SYNTHESIS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE (NCAM); NEURAL GROWTH; RAT BRAIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RATS; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF);

CELL GROWTH;

RATTUS;

MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MICROWAVES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 46249127814     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15368370802072208     Document Type: Article

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