Melatonin and omega-3 neuroprotection in prenatal rat spinal cord exposed to 900 MHz electromagnetic field.
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Jan 1, 2025
This animal study examined prenatal 900 MHz EMF exposure (2 hours/day for 21 days) in pregnant rats and assessed spinal cord outcomes in male offspring at postnatal day 35. Volume-based stereological measures (GM/WM ratios and total spinal cord volume) did not differ significantly between groups. Microscopy reported…
A Novel Design of a Portable Birdcage via Meander Line Antenna (MLA) to Lower Beta Amyloid (Aβ) in Alzheimer's Disease.
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Jan 1, 2025
This translational engineering paper describes a portable RF birdcage/meander line antenna concept for repeated electromagnetic field stimulation at 64 MHz aimed at lowering amyloid-beta in Alzheimer’s disease. The abstract reports prior in vitro findings in primary human brain cultures showing reduced secreted Aβ-42…
Possible effects of melatonin and omega-3 on the obesity-related hypothalamic nuclei of the electromagnetic field-exposed offspring rats: a stereological and immunohistochemical analysis.
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Jan 1, 2025
This animal study examined whether prenatal exposure to a 900 MHz electromagnetic field affects obesity-related hypothalamic nuclei in male rat offspring and whether melatonin or omega-3 modifies these effects. The EMF-exposed group showed fewer neurons in the arcuate nucleus, stronger NPY immunoreactivity, and…
Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) enhances mitochondrial energy production in NARP cybrids.
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Jan 1, 2025
This in vitro study examined ELF-EMF effects in normal cybrids and NARP cybrids carrying a pathogenic MT-ATP6 mtDNA mutation mixture. ELF-EMF did not alter mtDNA copy number or the wild-type-to-mutant mtDNA ratio, but it increased mtDNA transcription and multiple markers of mitochondrial function in NARP cybrids,…
Electromagnetic fields modulate neuronal membrane ionic currents through altered cellular calcium homeostasis.
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Jan 1, 2025
This experimental study used loose patch clamp recordings in coronal hippocampal slices to test effects of extremely low-frequency EMF exposure. A 50 Hz, 1 mT field applied for 60 minutes decreased inward and transient outward currents in CA1 pyramidal neuron membranes. Pharmacological manipulation of intracellular…
Effects of Electromagnetic Field on Seed Germination, β-Amylase Activity, Total Protein Content, Water Uptake, and Growth of Wheat Seedlings (Triticum aestivum).
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Jan 1, 2025
This laboratory study examined whether extremely low frequency EMF exposure affects wheat seed germination and early seedling development. Seeds exposed to 10 Hz, 7.5 mT EMF (5 h over 3 days) reportedly germinated earlier and showed higher biomass than untreated controls. The abstract also reports increased total…
Growth and defense mechanism of Phaeocystis globosa exposed to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields.
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Jan 1, 2025
This laboratory study exposed cultured Phaeocystis globosa to extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) at 0, 0.2, and 1 mT for 24 hours. The authors report increased cell density, photosynthesis, and chlorophyll a under ELF-EMF, alongside decreased protein and carbohydrate accumulation. Metabolomic…
Impact of Electromagnetic Fields on Gypsum and Silica Scaling in Reverse Osmosis.
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Jan 1, 2025
This engineering study evaluates electromagnetic field (EMF) treatment as a nonchemical method to control gypsum and silica scaling in reverse osmosis using synthetic brackish water and real RO concentrate. It reports EMF altered gypsum crystal morphology to form a more porous scale that was easier to remove with…
Prophylactic Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Field on Pulmonary Ischemia-Reperfusion via HIF-1α/eNOS Pathway and BCL2/BAX Signaling.
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Jan 1, 2025
This animal study tested whether RF-EMF exposure modifies lung ischemia-reperfusion injury in male Wistar rats. IR increased histologic injury, inflammatory/apoptotic markers, oxidative stress indices, and Hif-1α/eNOS/BAX while decreasing BCL2. The IR + RF-EMF group reportedly improved across measured parameters, and…
Progress to Date on Cranial Electromagnetic Field Stimulation to Modulate Brain Activity.
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Jan 1, 2025
This prospective study enrolled 10 adults with atraumatic or traumatic brain injury who received tailored cranial EMF stimulation using a portable helmet with real-time EMF measurement and parameter adjustment. The abstract reports symptom resolution or remaining asymptomatic in 8 participants at varying stimulation…
Impact of various electromagnetic fields on the transdermal permeability of naproxen and the effect of active compound exposure on magnetic field properties.
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Jan 1, 2025
This ex vivo study tested whether different magnetic-field modalities change transdermal delivery of naproxen through pigskin. Rotating magnetic fields (RMF) at 50 Hz produced the greatest increase in permeation metrics versus a no-EMF control, while negatively polarized static fields reduced permeation.…
Performance Evaluation and Calibration of Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Area Monitors Using a Multi-Wire Transverse Electromagnetic (MWTEM) Transmission Line.
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Jan 1, 2025
This engineering study evaluates and calibrates an EMF area monitor for the 300 kHz–20 MHz frequency band using a multi-wire transverse electromagnetic (MWTEM) transmission line as a controlled electric-field source. The authors highlight that low-frequency electric-field measurements can be sensitive to boundary…
Validation of Electromagnetic Field Sensor Performance Through Porcine Skulls: Implications for Neurostimulation and Recording Techniques.
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Jan 1, 2025
This animal validation study tested a Mu-metal-shielded helmet system with proprietary induction sensor stimulators for non-invasive recording and stimulation of neural electromagnetic activity through porcine skulls. The authors report that EMFs penetrated the swine skull and that sensor performance remained…
Optimal Voltage for Cranial Electromagnetic Field Stimulation to Modulate Brain Activity.
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Jan 1, 2025
This small clinical study reports using cranial EMF stimulation with escalating voltage at a patient-specific frequency of interest in 10 adults with traumatic or atraumatic brain injury. The authors report improvements in EMF signal patterns at different voltages across patients and state these changes correlated…
Electromagnetic field stimulation for long-term mobility assessment after sciatic nerve injury.
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Jan 1, 2025
This animal study evaluated electromagnetic field (EMF) stimulation as a treatment after sciatic nerve injury in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Rats received low-intensity (60–100 G; 6–10 mT) or high-intensity (140–200 G; 14–20 mT) EMF exposure for 2 hours/day over 4 weeks. The abstract reports improved motor/mobility…
Optimal Frequency for Cranial Electromagnetic Field Stimulation.
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Jan 1, 2025
This prospective clinical study measured brain electromagnetic field (EMF) patterns in 10 adult patients with traumatic or atraumatic brain injury using a noninvasive 20-sensor helmet within 24 hours of presentation. Using FFT-based analysis, the authors report several targeted frequencies of interest between 5.2 and…
An egg case study: Chronic exposure to AC electromagnetic fields results in hyperactivity in thornback ray (Raja clavata L.) embryos.
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Jan 1, 2025
This animal study examined thornback ray embryos chronically exposed to alternating-current electromagnetic fields (1.8–4.6 μT) across embryogenesis (~20 weeks), relevant to subsea power cables. Exposed embryos showed higher activity levels than non-exposed embryos, while no differences were reported for development…
Does personal relevance moderate communication effects? The example of risk communication about 5G-related electromagnetic fields.
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Jan 1, 2025
This cross-sectional study tested whether providing precautionary advice about RF-EMF in the context of 5G changes risk perception and trust in general population samples from Germany and Greece. Precautionary information showed few effects, increasing only one risk perception measure and only in Germany, and the…
Localization of Brain Injuries Using Cranial Electromagnetic Fields.
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Jan 1, 2025
This prospective clinical study evaluated a noninvasive portable helmet system to record and localize brain EMF activity in adults with atraumatic brain injury or TBI, including image-negative concussion. Ten patients were enrolled, and abnormal EMF activity was reported to correlate with neurological deficits, CT…
Corrigendum to "Effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure on male fertility: A systematic review of experimental studies on non-human mammals and human sperm in vitro" [Environ. Int. 185 (2024) 108509]
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Jan 1, 2025
This 2025 corrigendum relates to a systematic review of experimental RF-EMF exposure studies on non-human mammals and human sperm in vitro. The text reports an upgrade to high certainty for the key endpoint that male RF-EMF exposure causes a significant reduction in pregnancy rate when exposed males are mated. It…
Effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure on cancer in laboratory animal studies, a systematic review
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Jan 1, 2025
This systematic review evaluated RF-EMF exposure and cancer outcomes in experimental animals, including 52 studies (20 chronic cancer bioassays), using narrative synthesis due to substantial heterogeneity. The review reports no or minimal evidence of RF-EMF-related cancer outcomes for many organ systems, but reports…
The use of different exposure metrics in the research about the health impacts of electromagnetic fields
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Jan 1, 2024
This policy brief focuses on how RF-EMF exposure should be quantified in health research, emphasizing the role of near-field sources and proposing cumulative dose (J/kg/day) as a health-relevant metric. It reports mean cumulative dose estimates of 0.29 J/kg/day for the whole body and 0.81 J/kg/day for the brain. The…
Experimental Study of Animal Behavior under the Influence of the Electromagnetic Field of the 5G Mobile Communication Standard
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Jan 1, 2024
This pilot animal study exposed mature male Wistar rats to 4.9 GHz electromagnetic fields described as 5G-standard, for 15 days (2 hours/day) in a semi-anechoic shielded chamber. Open-field testing found no clear behavioral differences between unmodulated and modulated exposures. Statistically significant behavioral…
Static electromagnetic field and recombinant human fibroblasts encoding miR-451 and miR-16 increased cell trans-differentiation to CD and CD erythroid like progenitor.
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Jan 1, 2024
This in vitro study tested whether daily exposure to a 10 mT ELF electromagnetic field, combined with miR-16 and miR-451 transfection, could enhance trans-differentiation of human dermal fibroblasts toward erythroid-like progenitors. The authors report increased erythroid-like differentiation with ELF-EMF exposure,…
Electromagnetic field-mediated chitosan/gelatin/nano-hydroxyapatite and bone-derived scaffolds regulate the osteoblastic and chondrogenic phenotypes of adipose-derived stem cells to construct osteochondral tissue engineering niche in vitro.
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Jan 1, 2024
This in vitro study examined how electromagnetic field (EMF) coupling parameters and field direction interact with 2D versus 3D culture environments to influence adipose-derived stem cell (ADSC) proliferation and osteogenic/chondrogenic differentiation. The abstract reports different “optimal” magnetic flux densities…