Whole-body exposure to 2.45 GHz electromagnetic fields does not alter anxiety responses in rats: A plus-maze study including test validation

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-74

  Cosquer, Brigitte ^a   Galani, Rodrigue ^a   Kuster, Niels ^b   Cassel, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a Inst Federatif de Rech 37   (France)

^b It'Is Laboratories   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Diazepam; High frequency; Microwaves; Plus maze

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HYPOTHESIS; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BENZODIAZEPINES; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 4944254027     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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