RT Journal Article
T1 Validation of Potential Effects on Human Health of in Vivo Experimental Models Studied in Rats Exposed to Sub-Thermal Radiofrequency. Possible Health Risks Due to the Interaction of Electromagnetic Pollution and Environmental Particles
A1 Salas Sánchez, Aarón Ángel
A1 López Furelos, Alberto
A1 Rodríguez González, Juan Antonio
A1 Ares Pena, Francisco José
A1 López Martín, María Elena
K1 Bioelectromagnetic effects
K1 Electromagnetic radiation effects
K1 Specific absorption rate
AB Studies are based on the exposure of Sprague–Dawley rats (250 male and 250 femalerats) to electromagnetic fields (EMF) at different frequencies in standing and travelling wave chambers.Values of specific absortion rate (SAR) for all of these experiments were obtained from commerciallyavailable FDTD-based simulation software based on numerical phantom animals. An experimental radiationsystem was developed with a standing-wave cavity which keeps electromagnetic parameters constant whilefacilitating stress-free exposure of animals to non-thermal radiation. This makes it possible to directlymeasure the power absorbed by the animal and determine whole-body mean SAR according to weight.All studies using this setup were performed with global system for mobile communication (GSM) radiationat 900 MHz. The simple picrotoxin model made allow to identify morphological signs of neurotoxicity inrat brain tissue. Experiments involving travelling waves were done in a commercial Gigahertz TransverseElectroMagnetic (GTEM) chamber connected to one or two vector signal generators (to carry singleor multiple EMF exposure frequencies). In the diathermy model, rat thyroid and thymus exposed to2.45 GHz radiation showed visible morphological and immune effects. Cellular stress in the cerebral cortex,the cerebellum or both seems to be more associated with the type of signal than with additive effects ofcombined frequencies. Finally, some hypothesis related with the future models about the ElectroMagnetic(EM) pollution are established. In an urban environmental that combines the electromagnetic and chemicalpollution of environmental particles, cortical excitability, inflammatory response, and cell injury can bemodified.
PB IEEE
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21350
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21350
LA eng
NO A. A. Salas-Sánchez, A. López-Furelos, J. A. Rodríguez-González, F. J. Ares-Pena and M. E. López-Martín, "Validation of Potential Effects on Human Health of in Vivo Experimental Models Studied in Rats Exposed to Sub-Thermal Radiofrequency. Possible Health Risks Due to the Interaction of Electromagnetic Pollution and Environmental Particles," in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 79186-79198, 2019
NO This work was supported in part by the FEDER/Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades-Agencia Estatal de Investigación underProject TEC2017-86110-R
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RD 3 may 2026