Effects of twenty-minute 3G mobile phone irradiation on event related potential components and early gamma synchronization in auditory oddball paradigm

Neuroscience

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 453-462

  Stefanics, G ^a,c   Thuroczy G ^b   Kellenyi L ^a   Hernadi I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

EMF; event related brain potentials; oscillatory gamma band synchronization; RF; UMTS 3G mobile phone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRRADIATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CELLULAR PHONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949084490     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.08.066     Document Type: Article

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