Effect of prenatal exposure to mobile phone on pyramidal cell numbers in the mouse hippocampus: A stereological study

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1031-1041

  Raǧbetli, Murat Cetin ^a   Aydinlioǧlu, Atif ^a   Koyun, Necat ^b   Rabetli, Cennet ^c   Karayel, Metin ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Vocational School of Health   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Fetal exposure; Hippocampus; Mobile phone; Optical fractionator

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 68149141660     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450802324812     Document Type: Article

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