Reactive oxygen species levels and DNA fragmentation on astrocytes in primary culture after acute exposure to low intensity microwave electromagnetic field

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 473, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-55

  Campisi, Agata ^a   Gulino, Marisa ^a,b   Acquaviva, Rosaria ^a   Bellia, Paolo ^a   Raciti, Giuseppina ^a   Grasso, Rosaria ^a,b   Musumeci, Francesco ^a,b   Vanella, Angelo ^a   Triglia, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation; Electromagnetic field; Rat cortical astrocytes; ROS levels

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ASSAY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENZYME RELEASE; LOW INTENSITY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROWAVES; NEOCORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 77950628413     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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