Blood-brain barrier permeability and nerve cell damage in rat brain 14 and 28 days after exposure to microwaves from GSM mobile phones

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-229

  Eberhardt, Jacob L ^a   Persson, Bertil R R ^a   Brun, Arne E ^b   Salford, Leif G ^b   Malmgren, Lars O G ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; CNS; Microwaves; Mobile phones; Neuronal damage; Rats

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BLOOD; CAPILLARITY; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FOOD PRESERVATION; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MICROWAVES; MOBILE PHONES; NEURONS; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; RATS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

900 MHZ; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELL DAMAGES; CNS; DAMAGED NEURONS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION (GSM); KRUSKAL-WALLIS TEST; MICROWAVE EXPOSURE; NEURONAL DAMAGE; RAT BRAIN; RECOVERY PERIOD; RECOVERY TIME; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATES; WHOLE-BODY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

RATTUS;

ALBUMINOID;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; TIME;

ABSORPTION; ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROWAVES; NEURONS; PERMEABILITY; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 52949091992     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15368370802344037     Document Type: Article

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