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Abstract Title:

GSM radiation triggers seizures and increases cerebral c-Fos positivity in rats pretreated with subconvulsive doses of picrotoxin.

Abstract Source:

Neurosci Lett. 2006 May 1 ;398(1-2):139-44. Epub 2006 Jan 30. PMID: 16448750

Abstract Author(s):

Elena López-Martín, José L Relova-Quinteiro, Rosalia Gallego-Gómez, Manuel Peleteiro-Fernández, Francisco J Jorge-Barreiro, Francisco J Ares-Pena

Article Affiliation:

Elena López-Martín

Abstract:

This study investigated the effects of mobile-phone-type radiation on the cerebral activity of seizure-prone animals. When rats transformed into an experimental model of seizure-proneness by acute subconvulsive doses of picrotoxin were exposed to 2 h GSM-modulated 900 MHz radiation at an intensity similar to that emitted by mobile phones, they suffered seizures and the levels of the neuronal activity marker c-Fos in neocortex, paleocortex, hippocampus and thalamus increased markedly. Non-irradiated picrotoxin-treated rats did not suffer seizures, and their cerebral c-Fos counts were significantly lower. Radiation caused no such differences in rats that had not been pretreated with picrotoxin. We conclude that GSM-type radiation can induce seizures in rats following their facilitation by subconvulsive doses of picrotoxin, and that research should be pursued into the possibility that this kind of radiation may similarly affect brain function in human subjects with epileptic disorders.

Study Type : Animal Study

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