RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 No Dynamic Changes in Inflammation-related Microcirculatory Parameters in Developing Rats During Local Cortex Exposure to Microwaves
JF In Vivo
JO In Vivo
FD International Institute of Anticancer Research
SP 561
OP 567
VO 29
IS 5
A1 HIROSHI MASUDA
A1 SHOGO HIROTA
A1 AKIRA USHIYAMA
A1 AKIMASA HIRATA
A1 TAKUJI ARIMA
A1 HIROKI KAWAI
A1 KANAKO WAKE
A1 SOICHI WATANABE
A1 MASAO TAKI
A1 AKIKO NAGAI
A1 CHIYOJI OHKUBO
YR 2015
UL http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/29/5/561.abstract
AB The biological effects of exposing the developing brain to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF) are still unclear. Our experiments investigated whether three inflammation-related, microcirculatory parameters in juvenile and young adult rats were modified during local cortex exposure to RF under non-thermal conditions. The cortex tissue was locally exposed to 1457 MHz RF at an averaged specific absorption rate of 2.0 W/kg in the target area for 50 min and variations of pial venule parameter were measured directly in vivo. There was no significant difference in hemodynamics, plasma velocity or vessel diameter, between exposed and sham-exposed groups for either rat development stage. No increase related to RF exposure was found in leukocyte adhesion to endothelial cells in any microvessels observed. These findings suggest that RF is unlikely to initiate inflammatory responses, at least under these exposure conditions.