%0 Journal Article
%T Spatial memory perfomance of wistar rats exposed to mobile phone
%A Narayanan
%A Sareesh Naduvil
%A Kumar
%A Raju Suresh
%A Potu
%A Bhagath Kumar
%A Nayak
%A Satheesha
%A Mailankot
%A Maneesh
%J Clinics
%D 2009
%I Faculdade de Medicina / USP
%R 10.1590/S1807-59322009000300014
%X introduction: with the tremendous increase in number of mobile phone users world wide, the possible risks of this technology have become a serious concern. objective: we tested the effects of mobile phone exposure on spatial memory performance. materials and methods: male wistar rats (10-12 weeks old) were exposed to 50 missed calls/day for 4 weeks from a gsm (900/1800mhz) mobile phone in vibratory mode (no ring tone). after the experimental period, the animals were tested for spatial memory performance using the morris water maze test. results: both phone exposed and control animals showed a significant decrease in escape time with training. phone exposed animals had significantly (~3 times) higher mean latency to reach the target quadrant and spent significantly (~2 times) less time in the target quadrant than age- and sex-matched controls. conclusion: mobile phone exposure affected the acquisition of learned responses in wistar rats. this in turn points to the poor spatial navigation and the object place configurations of the phone-exposed animals.
%K mobile phone
%K rats
%K memory
%K learning
%K water maze.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1807-59322009000300014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en