Thermal responses to 5. 6-GHz radiofrequency radiation in anesthetized rats. Effect of chlorpromazine
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6784763
Anesthetized rats were exposed to 5.6-GHz continuous-wave radiofrequency radiation (RFR) at an average power density of 60 mW/Sq. cm (average specific absorption rate 12 W/kg). Exposure was performed to raise colonic temperature from 38.5 to 39.5C. Following acute administration of chlorpromazine, body temperature exhibited a faster return to baseline temperature when exposure was discontinued. When exposure was initiated at 38.5C and continued until lethal temperature resulted, chlorpromazine-treated animals exhibited significantly shorter survival times than saline-treated animals. Thus, although chlorpromazine enhanced thermoregulatory efficiency at colonic temperature below 39.5 deg C, the drug caused increased susceptibility to terminal RFR. The present results, when compared with previous studies of irradiation at 2.8 GHz, indicate that the effects of chlorpromazine on thermal response to RFR during intermittent and terminal exposure are similar at both 2.8 and 5.6 GHz.
- Research Organization:
- School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, TX (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6784763
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-200538/7/XAB; USAFSAM-JA-87-55
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AMINES
ANIMALS
AZINES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BODY TEMPERATURE
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS
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MAMMALS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
PHENOTHIAZINES
PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
RADIOSENSITIVITY EFFECTS
RADIOWAVE RADIATION
RATS
RODENTS
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
TRANQUILIZERS
VERTEBRATES