Unit:
Τομέας Βιολογίας Κυττάρου Και ΒιοφυσικήςLibrary of the School of Science
Dissertation committee:
Λουκάς Χ. Μαργαρίτης Ομότιμος Καθηγητής (Επιβλέπων) , Δημήτριος Ι. Στραβοπόδης Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Αντώνιος Σταματάκης Επίκουρος Καθηγητής
Original Title:
Διερεύνηση των επιπτώσεων της ακτινοβολίας κινητού τηλεφώνου στη μνήμη και μάθηση μυών Mus musculus
Translated title:
Investigation of the effects of cell phone radiation on learning and memory in mice Mus musculus
Summary:
The aim of the thesis was to reveal potential cumulative and transient damage
on mice memory, caused by long-term daily 90-minute exposure to EMR from mobile
phone at specific absorption rate value of 0,11 and 0,22 W/kg, using two
behavioral tests (Object Recognition Task and Object Location Task) implemented
in an experimental model of Mus musculus and exploring lesions in fine
structure of the dentate gyrus of hippocampus.
Τhree experimental protocols were implemented in the specially constructed
"Animal Facilities Unit" of the Department of Cell Biology with three groups of
male mice aged 5 weeks (8 animals each), comprising of the exposure group, the
sham exposed group and the control group. The mobile phone operating in
speaking emission was placed under the mice’s housing cages (4 mice per cage).
A gradual decrease was found in recognition and spatial memory following 17
days, 1 and 2 months daily irradiation. It was found deterioration of cohesion
of the fine structure of the hippocampal cells after 66th daily irradiation.
Moreover it was found a recovery in both types of memory after 1 month
cessation of 50 days irradiation. Finally, the every other day intermittent
irradiation showed no effects on recognition and spatial memory.
Keywords:
Mobile phone, Memory, Object recognition task, Object location task, Mus musculus
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1-9
Number of references:
225
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