Short-term memory in mice is affected by mobile phone radiation

Pathophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-199

  Ntzouni, M P ^a   Stamatakis, A ^b   Stylianopoulou, F ^b   Margaritis, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Memory impairments; Mobile phones; Mus musculus; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; IRRADIATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOBILE PHONE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

EID: 79954577747     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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