A Consensus panel review of central nervous system effects of the exposure to low-intensity extremely low-frequency magnetic fields

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 469-476

  Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo ^a,b   Capone, Fioravante ^a,b   Apollonio, Francesca ^c   Borea, Pier Andrea ^d   Cadossi, Ruggero ^e   Fassina, Lorenzo ^f   Grassi, Claudio ^g   Liberti, Micaela ^c   Paffi, Alessandra ^c   Parazzini, Marta ^h   Varani, Katia ^d   Ravazzani, Paolo ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Alberto Sordi   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e IGEA Biophysics Laboratory   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Nervous system; PEMFs

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PEMFS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 84879976806     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2013.01.004     Document Type: Review

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