EMF Health-effect Research  

Index of Abstracts

STUDIES ON THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER



    • [Y]
 Red means sub-thermal effects were found (not always at significant levels).
    • [N]  The black indicates no EM effects were found.
    • [NA]
The cyan means ... Not applicable.

    [Y] Use of wireless telephones and serum S100B levels: A descriptive cross-sectional study among healthy Swedish adults aged 18-65 years,   VIEW
    Soderqvist F, Carlberg M, Hardell L,
    Sci Total Environ, 407(2):798-805, 2009

    [N] Use of wireless telephones and serum S100B levels: A descriptive cross-sectional study among healthy Swedish adults aged 18-65 years.   VIEW
    Soderqvist F, Carlberg M, Hardell L
    Sci Total Environ. 407(2):798-805, 2009

    [Y] Acute mobile phones exposure affects frontal cortex hemodynamics as evidenced by functional near-infrared spectroscopy   VIEW
    Curcio G, Ferrara M, Limongi T, Tempesta D, Di Sante G, De Gennaro L, Quaresima V, Ferrari M
    J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. Feb 25 2009

    [Y] Blood-brain barrier permeability and nerve cell damage in rat brain 14 and 28 days after exposure to microwaves from GSM mobile phones.   VIEW
    Eberhardt JL, Persson BR, Brun AE, Salford LG, Malmgren LO
    Electromagn Biol Med. 27(3):215-229, 2008

    [Y] Mobile phone radiation and the developing brain: behavioral and morphological effects in juvenile rats.   VIEW
    Kumlin T, Iivonen H, Miettinen P, Juvonen A, van Groen T, Puranen L, PitkŠaho R, Juutilainen J, Tanila H.
    Radiat Res. 168(4):471-479, 2007

    [N] Effects of acute exposure to a 1439 MHz electromagnetic field on the microcirculatory parameters in rat brain,   VIEW
    Masuda H, Ushiyama A, Hirota S, Wake K, Watanabe S, Yamanaka Y, Taki M, Ohkubo C
    In Vivo, 21(4):555-562, 2007

    [Y] Effect of mobile telephony on blood-brain barrier permeability in the fetal mouse brain.   VIEW
    Finnie JW, Blumbergs PC, Cai Z, Manavis J, Kuchel TR.
    Pathology. 38(1):63-65, 2006

    [N] Effects of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Electromagnetic Fields on the Blood-Brain Barrier   VIEW
    Franke H, Streckert J, Bitz A, Goeke J, Hansen V, Ringelstein EB, Nattkamper H, Galla HJ, Stogbauer F
    In Vitro. Radiat Res. 164(3):258-269, 2005

    [N] Lack of effects of 1439 MHz electromagnetic near field exposure on the blood-brain barrier in immature and young rats.   VIEW
    Kuribayashi M, Wang J, Fujiwara O, Doi Y, Nabae K, Tamano S, Ogiso T, Asamoto M, Shirai T.
    Bioelectromagnetics. Sep 2; 2005

    [N] Blood-brain barrier and electromagnetic fields: Effects of scopolamine methylbromide on working memory after whole-body exposure to 2.45GHz microwaves in rats.   VIEW
    Cosquer B, Vasconcelos AP, Frohlich J, Cassel JC
    Behav Brain Res. 161(2):229-237, 2005

    [N] Nerve cell damage in mammalian brain after exposure to microwaves from GSM mobile phones.   VIEW
    Salford LG, Brun AR, Eberhardt JL, Malmgren L, Persson BRR
    Environ Health Persp Online January 29, 2003

    [N] Application of intracellular microelectrophoresis to analysis of the influence of the low-level microwave radiation on electrokinetic properties of nuclei in human epithelial cells.   VIEW
    Shckorbatov YG, Shakhbazov VG, Navrotskaya VV, Grabina VA, Sirenko SP, Fisun AI, Gorobets NN, Kiyko VI
    Electrophoresis 23(13):2074-2079, 2002

    [N] Activation of the hsp27/p38MAPK stress pathway by EMF in human endothelial cells: Molecular mechanism for cancer- and BBB-related effects   VIEW
    Leszczynski D, JoenvŠŠrŠ S, Reivinen J, Kuokka R,
    Differentiation 70:120 Đ 129, 2002

    [N] The effects of low level microwaves on the fluidity of photoreceptor cell membrane.   VIEW
    Pologea-Moraru R, Kovacs E, Iliescu KR, Calota V, Sajin G
    Bioelectrochemistry 56(1-2):223-225, 2002

    [N] Effect of long-term mobile communication microwave exposure on vascular permeability in mouse brain.   VIEW
    Finnie JW, Blumbergs PC, Manavis J, Utteridge TD, Gebski V, Davies RA, Vernon-Roberts B, Kuchel TR.
    Pathology 34(4):344-347, 2002

    [Y] Effect of global system for mobile communication (gsm)-like radiofrequency fields on vascular permeability in mouse brain.   VIEW
    Finnie JW, Blumbergs PC, Manavis J, Utteridge TD, Gebski V, Swift JG, Vernon-Roberts B, Kuchel TR
    Pathology 33(3):338-340, 2001

    [Y] The possible role of radiofrequency radiation in the development of uveal melanoma.   VIEW
    Stang A, Anastassiou G, Ahrens W, Bromen K, Bornfeld N, Jockel KH,
    Epidemiology 12(1):7-12, 2001

    [Y] Electromagnetic fields (1.8 GHz) increase the permeability to sucrose of The blood-brain barrier in vitro.   VIEW
    Schirmacher A, Winters S, Fischer S, Goeke J, Galla H, Kullnick U, Ringelstein EB, Stogbauer F,
    Bioelectromagnetics 21(5):338-345, 2000

    [N] Biological and morphological effects on the brain after exposure of rats to a 1439 MHz TDMA field.   VIEW
    Tsurita G, Nagawa H, Ueno S, Watanabe S, Taki M,
    Bioelect romagnetics 21(5):364-371, 2000

    [Y] Headaches from cellular telephones: are they real and what are the implications?   VIEW
    Frey AH
    Environ Health Perspect 106(3):101-103, 1998

    [Y] Electromagnetic fields (1.75 GHz) influence the permeability of the blood-brain barrier in cell culture model.   VIEW
    Schirmacher A, Bahr A, Kullnick U, Stoegbauer F
    Presented at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society, St. Pete Beach, FL, June 1998

    [Y] Enhancement of anticancer drug delivery to the brain by microwave induced hyperthermia   VIEW
    Lin JC, Yuan PMK, Jung DT
    Bioelectrochemistry & Bioenergetics. 47(2):259-264, 1998

    [Y] Blood-brain barrier permeability in rats exposed to electromagnetic fields used in wireless communication.   VIEW
    Persson BRR, Salford LG, Brun A
    Wireless Networks 3: 455Đ461, 1997

    [Y] Effect of global system for mobile communication (GSM) microwave exposure on BBB permeability in rat.   VIEW
    Fritze K, Sommer C, Schmitz B, Mies G, Hossmann KA, Kiessling M, Wiessner C,
    Acta Neuropathol (Berl) 94(5):465-470, 1997

    [Y] Sequential changes in cerebral blood flow, early neuropathological consequences and BBB disruption, following RF-induced localized hyperthermia in the rat.   VIEW
    Ohmoto Y, Fujisawa H, Ishikawa T, Koizumi H, Matsuda T, Ito H,
    Int J Hyperthermia 12(3):321-334, 1996

    [Y] Permeability of the blood-brain barrier induced by 915 MHz electromagnetic radiation, continuous wave and modulated at 8, 16, 50, and 200 Hz.   VIEW
    Salford LG, Brun A, Sturesson K, Eberhardt JL, Persson BR
    Microsc Res Tech 27(6):535-542, 1994

    [Y] Dielectric properties of human red blood cells in suspension at radio frequencies.   VIEW
    Lu Y, Yu J, Ren Y
    Bioelectromagnetics 15(6):589-591, 1994

    [N] Experimental study on thermal damage to dog normal brain. Int J Hyperthermia   VIEW
    Ikeda N, Hayashida O, Kameda H, Ito H, Matsuda T,
    Int J Hyperthermia 10(4):553-561, 1994

    [Y] Increased sensitivity of the non-human primate eye to microwave radiation following ophthalmic drug pretreatment   VIEW
    Kues HA, Monahan JC, D'Anna SA, McLeod DS, Lutty GA, Koslov S,
    Bioelectromagnetics 13(5):379-393, 1992

    [Y] Microwave irradiation of rats at 2.45 GHz activates pinocytotic-like uptake of tracer by capillary endothelial cells of cerebral cortex.   VIEW
    Neubauer C, Phelan AM, Kues H, Lange DG,
    Bioelectromagnetics 11(4):261-268, 1990

    [Y] Interaction of ethanol and microwaves on the blood-brain barrier of rats   VIEW
    Neilly JP, Lin JC
    Bioelectromagnetics. 1986;7(4):405-14 1986

    [Y] Cerebrovascular permeability to 86Rb in the rat after exposure to pulsed microwaves   VIEW
    Goldman H, Lin JC, Murphy S, Lin MF
    Bioelectromagnetics. 1984;5(3):323-30. 1984

    [N] Studies on microwave and blood-brain barrier interaction.   VIEW
    Lin JC, Lin MF
    Bioelectromagnetics. 1(3):313-23, 1980

Note: Some of the above research has produced results which suggest long-term use of cellphones could be harmful, and some has produced no results. Note that finding some effect does not necessarily mean that the effect is adverse to humans, or that it is potentially harmful. The body has good repair mechanisms. Of course it does suggest that more research is probably urgently needed to find out what it does signify.

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