Italië: Blootstelling aan mobiele telefonie beïnvloedt frontale cortex.

Bron: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 2009 May;29(5):903-10. Epub 2009 Feb 25.

Acute mobile phones exposure affects frontal cortex hemodynamics as evidenced by functional near-infrared spectroscopy.

Curcio G, Ferrara M, Limongi T, Tempesta D, Di Sante G, De Gennaro L, Quaresima V, Ferrari M.

Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università di L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. giuseppe.curcio@univaq.it

This study aimed to evaluate by functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), the effects induced by an acute exposure (40 mins) to a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) signal emitted by a mobile phone (MP) on the oxygenation of the frontal cortex.

Eleven healthy volunteers underwent two sessions (Real and Sham exposure) after a crossover, randomized, double-blind paradigm. The whole procedure lasted 60 mins: 10-mins baseline (Bsl), 40-mins (Exposure), and 10-mins recovery (Post-Exp). Together with frontal hemodynamics, heart rate, objective and subjective vigilance, and self-evaluation of subjective symptoms were also assessed.

The fNIRS results showed a slight influence of the GSM signal on frontal cortex, with a linear increase in HHb as a function of time in the Real exposure condition (F(4,40)=2.67; P=0.04). No other measure showed any GSM exposure-dependent changes.

These results suggest that fNIRS is a convenient tool for safely and noninvasively investigating the cortical activation in MP exposure experimental settings. Given the short-term effects observed in this study, the results should be confirmed on a larger sample size and using a multichannel instrument that allows the investigation of a wider portion of the frontal cortex.

Voor het originele abstract zie:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19240743?dopt=Abstract .



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