Sleep EEG alterations: Effects of pulsed magnetic fields versus pulse-modulated radio frequency electromagnetic fields

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 620-629

  Schmid, Marc R ^a,b   Murbach, Manuel ^b,c   Lustenberger, Caroline ^b,d   Maire, Micheline ^a   Kuster, Niels ^b,c   Achermann, Peter ^a,b   Loughran, Sarah P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Delta frequency; Demodulation; Electroencephalogram; Electromagnetic field; Magnetic field; Mobile phone; Non rapid eye movement; Radio frequency; Rapid eye movement; Spindle frequency; Theta frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DELTA RHYTHM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE MODULATED RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; PULSED MAGNETIC FIELD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REM SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; BRAIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870241935     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2012.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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