1. Effects of electromagnetic radiation produced by 3G mobile phones on rat brains: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy, biochemical, and histopathological evaluation
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Metin Dogan, Emine Samdanci, Y Turkoz, Hakan Oguzturk, S Bakir, S Tasdemir, Muhammet Gokhan Turtay, Alpay Alkan, and ALKAN, ALPAY
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Male ,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Apoptosis ,Toxicology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Choline ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Nuclear magnetic resonance ,Aspartic acid ,medicine ,Animals ,Rats, Wistar ,Neurons ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Aspartic Acid ,Glutathione Peroxidase ,Creatinine ,biology ,Electromagnetic Radiation ,Glutathione peroxidase ,Brain ,General Medicine ,Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ,Catalase ,Molecular biology ,Rats ,chemistry ,biology.protein ,Cell Phone ,Oxidative stress - Abstract
Objective: The effects of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) produced by a third-generation (3G) mobile phone (MP) on rat brain tissues were investigated in terms of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), biochemistry, and histopathological evaluations. Methods: The rats were randomly assigned to two groups: Group 1 is composed of 3G-EMR-exposed rats ( n = 9) and Group 2 is the control group ( n = 9). The first group was subjected to EMR for 20 days. The control group was not exposed to EMR. Choline (Cho), creatinin (Cr), and N-acetylaspartate (NAA) levels were evaluated by MRS. Catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) enzyme activities were measured by spectrophotometric method. Histopathological analyses were carried out to evaluate apoptosis in the brain tissues of both groups. Results: In MRS, NAA/Cr, Cho/Cr, and NAA/Cho ratios were not significantly different between Groups 1 and 2. Neither the oxidative stress parameters, CAT and GSH-Px, nor the number of apoptotic cells were significantly different between Groups 1 and 2. Conclusions: Usage of short-term 3G MP does not seem to have a harmful effect on rat brain tissue.
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- 2011