The effect of ultrahigh-frequency electromagnetic radiation on learning and memory processes
Krylova, I.N.; Dukhanin, A.S.; Il'in, A.B.; Kuznetsova, E.I.; Balaeva, N.V.; Shimanovskiĭ, N.L.; Pal'tsev, I.P.; Iasnetsov, V.V.
Biulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny 114(11): 483-484
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9615 PMID: 1290816 Document Number: 389125
Low-intensity electromagnetic field (12.6 cm, 2375 MHz, power density 1 mW/cm2) produced retrograde amnesia in the rat passive avoidance test. No effect was registered of microwave irradiation on the open field behavior and the pain sensitivity. Functional activity of the m-cholinergic receptors decreased, but their number increased in the brain cortex. It is suggested that cholinergic system plays an important role in the effects of electromagnetic field on memory processes.