A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Mobile phone affects cerebral blood flow in humans
Authors: Aalto S, Haarala C, Bruck A, Sipila H, Hamalainen H, Rinne JO
Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Publication year: 2006
Journal: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM
Journal acronym: J CEREBR BLOOD F MET
Volume: 26
Issue: 7
First page : 885
Last page: 890
Number of pages: 6
ISSN: 0271-678X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600279
Abstract
Mobile phones create a radio-frequency electromagnetic field (EMF) around them when in use, the effects of which on brain physiology in humans are not well known. We studied the effects of a commercial mobile phone on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in healthy humans using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. Positron emission tomography data was acquired using a double-blind, counterbalanced study design with 12 male subjects performing a computer-controlled verbal working memory task (letter 1-back). Explorative and objective voxel-based statistical analysis revealed that a mobile phone in operation induces a local decrease in rCBF beneath the antenna in the inferior temporal cortex and an increase more distantly in the prefrontal cortex. Our results provide the first evidence, suggesting that the EMF emitted by a commercial mobile phone affects rCBF in humans. These results are consistent with the postulation that EMF induces changes in neuronal activity.
Mobile phones create a radio-frequency electromagnetic field (EMF) around them when in use, the effects of which on brain physiology in humans are not well known. We studied the effects of a commercial mobile phone on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in healthy humans using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. Positron emission tomography data was acquired using a double-blind, counterbalanced study design with 12 male subjects performing a computer-controlled verbal working memory task (letter 1-back). Explorative and objective voxel-based statistical analysis revealed that a mobile phone in operation induces a local decrease in rCBF beneath the antenna in the inferior temporal cortex and an increase more distantly in the prefrontal cortex. Our results provide the first evidence, suggesting that the EMF emitted by a commercial mobile phone affects rCBF in humans. These results are consistent with the postulation that EMF induces changes in neuronal activity.
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