Mobiel telefoneren geeft tijdelijke verlaging melatonine

De verhouding melatonine/creatinine in de urine daalt statistisch significant wanneeer voor het slapen gaan mobiel gebeld wordt. De totale hoeveelheid melatonine die gedurende de nacht uitgescheiden wordt verandert echter niet.

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Does evening exposure to mobile phone radiation affect subsequent melatonin production?

Wood AW, Loughran SP, Stough C.

Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. awood@swin.edu.au

PURPOSE: To test whether exposure to the emissions from a digital mobile phone handset prior to sleep alters the secretion of melatonin. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a double-blind cross-over design, 55 adult volunteers were both actively exposed or sham-exposed (in random order on successive Sunday nights) to mobile phone emissions for 30 min (0.25 W average power). Urine collection occurred immediately prior to retiring to bed and on rising the next morning. Melatonin output was estimated from principal metabolite concentrations (6-sulphatoxymelatonin (aMT6s) via radioimmunoassay), urine volumes and creatinine concentrations. RESULTS: Total melatonin metabolite output (concentration x urine volume) was unchanged between the two exposure conditions (active 14.1+/-1.1 microg; sham 14.6+/-1.3 microg). The pre- and post-bedtime outputs considered separately were also not significantly different, although the pre-bedtime value was less for active versus sham exposure. When melatonin metabolite output was estimated from the ratio of aMT6s to creatinine concentrations, the pre-bedtime value was significantly less (p = 0.037) for active compared to sham. Examination of individual responses is suggestive of a small group of 'responders'. CONCLUSIONS: Total nighttime melatonin output is unchanged by mobile phone handset emissions, but there could be an effect on melatonin onset time.



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