Effects of 900MHz radiofrequency on corticosterone, emotional memory and neuroinflammation in middle-aged rats

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 444-451

  Bouji, Marc ^a   Lecomte, Anthony ^a,b   Hode, Yannick ^a   De Seze, René ^a,b   Villégier, Anne Sophie ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b Université de Picardie Jules Verne   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Fear conditioning; Interleukin 1 ; Interleukin 6; Middle age; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMOTION; FEAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEMORY; MOBILE PHONE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAT; SENESCENCE; STRESS; AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; CONDITIONED REFLEX; IMMUNOMODULATION; METABOLISM; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CORTICOSTERONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIO WAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84861195978     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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