Effects of mobile phone use on brain tissue from the rat and a possible protective role of vitamin C a preliminary study

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1044-1049

  Imge, Ergüder B ^a   Kiliçoǧlu, Bülent ^b   Devrim, Erdinç ^a   Çetin, Recep ^c   Durak, Ilker ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ankara Teaching and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^c Ankara Oncology Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

antioxidant enzymes; brain tissue; mobile phone; purine metabolism enzymes; vitamin C

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM; RAT;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BRAIN; CATALASE; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RADIO WAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78649787258     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2010.501838     Document Type: Article

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