Histopathological examinations of rat brains after long-term exposure to GSM-900 mobile phone radiation

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 257-263

  Grafström, Gustav ^a   Nittby, Henrietta ^a   Brun, Arne ^a   Malmgren, Lars ^a   Persson, Bertil R R ^a   Salford, Leif G ^a   Eberhardt, Jacob ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Albumin; brain ageing; dark neurons; GFAP; lipofuscin; mobile phone

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 54549115167     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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