Preliminary investigations of the effects of low-level microwave radiation on spontaneous motor activity in rats.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 1975 · No effect · Low evidence

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Male rats exposed to 10.7 GHz (cw), 3 GHz (cw), or 3 GHz (pw) for 185 hours at ~1 mW/cm^2 showed no differences in post-exposure spontaneous activity compared with nonirradiated controls. A subset exposed to 3 GHz (pw) for 17 days at 25 mW/cm^2 also showed no…

Study snapshot

PublicationAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 1975

Study typeanimal

Reported directionNo effect

Evidence ratingLow

Abstract

Male rats were irradiated with microwaves of 10.7 GHz (cw), 3 GHz (cw), or 3 GHz (pw) for 185 hr with power densities of approximately 1 mW/cm-2. Spontaneous activity was automatically measured and analyzed in five amplitude classes, after irradiation had ceased. No differences were found between the irradiated and the similarly treated nonirradiated control rats. A few rats were exposed for 17 days to 3 GHz (pw) at 25 mW/cm-2. Here, again, the spontaneous motor activity was not affected. Before irradiation, these rats had been trained to constant peak performance in a 2-m long runway. Their running times remained unchanged by this treatment regimen and did not differ from those of nonirradiated control rats. So far, no deleterious effects of the microwave radiation used has been detected.

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Study typeanimal

Effect directionno_effect

PopulationMale rats

Sample sizeNot supplied

Exposuremicrowave · 10700 MHz · 185 hr; also 17 days (subset)

Evidence strengthLowConfidence: 74% · Peer reviewed: yes

Main findings

Outcomes measured

Spontaneous motor activity
Runway running time (trained performance)

Limitations

Sample size not reported in abstract
Outcome assessment described only after irradiation had ceased (post-exposure measurement)
Exposure metrics reported as power density; SAR not provided
Details of randomization/blinding and statistical methods not provided in abstract

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Identifiers and source

DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1975.tb36017.x
PubMed: 1054244

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