Whole body exposure with GSM 900MHz affects spatial memory in mice

Pathophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-187

  Fragopoulou, A F ^a   Miltiadous, P ^a   Stamatakis, A ^a   Stylianopoulou, F ^a   Koussoulakos, S L ^a   Margaritis, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Morris water maze; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOBILE PHONE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHOLE BODY EXPOSURE;

EID: 77952668568     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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