Abstract
Ultrastructural changes in the brain upon long-term exposure to low doses of nonionizing microwave radiation are investigated. Electron microscopic examinations were conducted of the hippocampi of rats exposed to various intensities of 12.6-cm radiation for 40 min three times daily for a period of 2 months. Ultrastructural changes including vacuolization, regressive myelin transformation, nonequilibrium neurofibrillar stretching and fragmentation, mitochondrial swelling and darkening (densification) were observed in the alveus, polymorphic cell and pyramidal cell layers of the hippocampi of rats irradiated at 1000 microwatt/sq cm, and to lesser extents in animals irradiated at levels down to 10 microwatt/sq cm. The pattern of the changes demonstrates the presence of both destructive and reparative processes occurring simultaneously in the same cell, which may represent a mechanism of pathogenesis in humans exposed to environmental microwaves.
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Belokrinitskii, V S.
Destructive and reparative processes in the hippocampus upon prolonged exposure to nonionizing microwave radiation.
USSR: N. p.,
1982.
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Belokrinitskii, V S.
Destructive and reparative processes in the hippocampus upon prolonged exposure to nonionizing microwave radiation.
USSR.
Belokrinitskii, V S.
1982.
"Destructive and reparative processes in the hippocampus upon prolonged exposure to nonionizing microwave radiation."
USSR.
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title = {Destructive and reparative processes in the hippocampus upon prolonged exposure to nonionizing microwave radiation}
author = {Belokrinitskii, V S}
abstractNote = {Ultrastructural changes in the brain upon long-term exposure to low doses of nonionizing microwave radiation are investigated. Electron microscopic examinations were conducted of the hippocampi of rats exposed to various intensities of 12.6-cm radiation for 40 min three times daily for a period of 2 months. Ultrastructural changes including vacuolization, regressive myelin transformation, nonequilibrium neurofibrillar stretching and fragmentation, mitochondrial swelling and darkening (densification) were observed in the alveus, polymorphic cell and pyramidal cell layers of the hippocampi of rats irradiated at 1000 microwatt/sq cm, and to lesser extents in animals irradiated at levels down to 10 microwatt/sq cm. The pattern of the changes demonstrates the presence of both destructive and reparative processes occurring simultaneously in the same cell, which may represent a mechanism of pathogenesis in humans exposed to environmental microwaves.}
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volume = {93}
journal type = {AC}
place = {USSR}
year = {1982}
month = {Mar}
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title = {Destructive and reparative processes in the hippocampus upon prolonged exposure to nonionizing microwave radiation}
author = {Belokrinitskii, V S}
abstractNote = {Ultrastructural changes in the brain upon long-term exposure to low doses of nonionizing microwave radiation are investigated. Electron microscopic examinations were conducted of the hippocampi of rats exposed to various intensities of 12.6-cm radiation for 40 min three times daily for a period of 2 months. Ultrastructural changes including vacuolization, regressive myelin transformation, nonequilibrium neurofibrillar stretching and fragmentation, mitochondrial swelling and darkening (densification) were observed in the alveus, polymorphic cell and pyramidal cell layers of the hippocampi of rats irradiated at 1000 microwatt/sq cm, and to lesser extents in animals irradiated at levels down to 10 microwatt/sq cm. The pattern of the changes demonstrates the presence of both destructive and reparative processes occurring simultaneously in the same cell, which may represent a mechanism of pathogenesis in humans exposed to environmental microwaves.}
journal = []
volume = {93}
journal type = {AC}
place = {USSR}
year = {1982}
month = {Mar}
}