Effects of mobile phone signals over BOLD response while performing a cognitive task

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-136

  Curcio, Giuseppe ^a   Nardo, Davide ^b   Perrucci, Mauro Gianni ^c   Pasqualetti, Patrizio ^b,d   Chen, Tzu Ling ^c   Del Gratta, Cosimo ^c   Romani, Gian Luca ^c   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d IRCCS S Raffaele   (Italy)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood oxygen level dependent; Electromagnetic fields; Global System for Mobile Communication; Go NoGo task; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INSULA; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CELLULAR PHONE; COGNITION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADIO WAVES; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655161992     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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