Abstract
Background: The rapid development of wireless telecommunication technologies
over the past decades, has led to significant changes in the exposure of the general public
to electromagnetic fields. Nowadays, people are continuously exposed to different
sources of electromagnetic fields such as mobile phones, mobile base stations, cordless
phones, Wi-Fi routers, and power lines. Therefore, the last decade witnessed a rapidly
growing concern about the possible health effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields
emitted by these sources.
Materials and Methods: In this study that was aimed at investigating the effects
of exposure to radiofrequency (RF) radiation emitted by a GSM mobile phone
on the pattern of contraction in frog’s isolated gastrocnemius muscle after stimulation
with single square pulses of 1V (1 Hz), pulse height of contractions, the time interval
between two subsequent contractions and the latency period were measured.
Results: Our findings showed that the pulse height of contractions muscle could be
affected by the exposure to electromagnetic fields. Especially, the latency period was
effectively altered in RF-exposed samples. However, none of the experiments could
show an alteration in the time interval between two subsequent contractions after exposure
to electromagnetic fields.
Conclusion: These findings support early reports which indicated a wide variety
of non-thermal effects of electromagnetic radiation on amphibians including the effects
on the pattern of muscle extractions
Citation
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213232
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j.2015journalsurvey