Exposure to GSM RF fields does not affect calcium homeostasis in human endothelial cells, rat pheocromocytoma cells or rat hippocampal neurons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  O'Connor, Rodney P ^a   Madison, Steve D ^a   Leveque, Philippe ^b   Llewelyn Roderick, H ^a,c   Bootman, Martin D ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); CALCIUM; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPOSURE; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GSM RADIOFREQUENCY FIELD; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOBILE PHONE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RADIO WAVES; RATS;

EID: 77955598970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011828     Document Type: Article

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