Effects of 915 MHz electromagnetic-field radiation in TEM cell on the blood-brain barrier and neurons in the rat brain

Radiation Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-73

  Masuda, Hiroshi ^a,g   Ushiyama, Akira ^a   Takahashi, Miyuki ^a   Wang, Jianqing ^b   Fujiwara, Osamu ^b   Hikage, Takashi ^c   Nojima, Toshio ^c   Fujita, Koji ^d   Kudo, Motoshige ^d   Ohkubo, Chiyoji ^e,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Japan EMF Information Center   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; STAINING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; FISCHER 344 RAT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 67949124704     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1542.1     Document Type: Article

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