Fifty-gigahertz microwave exposure effect of radiations on rat brain

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 126-139

  Kesari, Kavindra Kumar ^a   Behari, J ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Catalase; Glutathione peroxidase; Microwave radiation; Protein kinase C; Superoxidase

Indexed keywords

AD LIBITUM; ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME ACTIVITY; BRAIN CELLS; BRAIN SAMPLE; CATALASE ACTIVITY; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; DISMUTASE; DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS; EXPOSURE PERIOD; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE RATS; MICROWAVE EXPOSURE; MICROWAVE RADIATIONS; PLEXIGLAS; POWER LEVELS; PROTEIN KINASE C; RAT BRAIN; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUPEROXIDES; TAIL LENGTH; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENES; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MICROWAVES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RATS;

BRAIN;

CATALASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); PROTEIN KINASE C; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN RADIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; MALE; MICROWAVES; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 70349562380     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-008-8469-8     Document Type: Article

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