Exposure to radiation from global system for mobile communications at 1,800 MHz significantly changes gene expression in rat hippocampus and cortex

Environmentalist

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 458-465

  Nittby, Henrietta ^a   Widegren, Bengt ^b   Krogh, Morten ^b   Grafström, Gustav ^c   Berlin, Henrik ^a   Rehn, Gustav ^a   Eberhardt, Jacob L ^c   Malmgren, Lars ^b   Persson, Bertil R R ^c   Salford, Leif G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Gene expression; Gene ontology; Microwaves; Mobile phone

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GENE EXPRESSION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 55949086601     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-008-9170-8     Document Type: Article

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