From: Recent advances in the effects of microwave radiation on brains
Item | Reference | Method | Sample/Model | Exposure condition | Results |
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Negative effects | Sareesh et al. 2009 | MWM | Male Wistar rats (10–12 weeks old) | 50 missed calls/day for 4 weeks from a GSM (900/1800 MHz) mobile phone in vibratory mode (no ring tone) | Mobile phone exposure affected the acquisition of learned responses in Wistar rats |
Wang et al. 2013 | MWM | Male Wistar rats | 2.856 GHz pulsed microwave field for 6 min (unexposed, 5, 10 and 50 mW/cm2) | 10 and 50 mW/cm2 displayed significant deficits inspatial learning and memory | |
Lai et al. 1994 | 12 radial-arm maze | Rats | Exposure to pulsed 2450 MHz microwaves for 45 min | Deficit in spatial “working memory” function | |
Neutral effects | Cassel et al. 2004 | 12 radial-arm maze | Rats | 2.45 GHz microwaves (500 pps, pulse width = 2 μs, average whole body SAR = 0.6 W/kg for 45 min) | Microwave-induced behavioral alterations measured by Lai had more to do with factors related to performance bias than to spatial working memory |
Cosquer et al. 2005 | 12 radial-arm maze | Rats | Whole-body exposure to 2.45 GHz electromagnetic fields | Radial-arm maze performance in rats did not changed | |
Cobb et al. 2004 | 12 radial-arm maze | Rats | 45 min exposure to 2450 MHz fields at whole body SARs of 0.6 W/kg (500pps, pulse width = 2 μs); pre-exposure injection of one of three psychoactive compounds or saline | Exposure to microwave radiation did not cause decrements in the ability of rats to learn the spatial memory task |