Trial reportScientific reports2018
Short-term radiofrequency exposure from new generation mobile phones reduces EEG alpha power with no effects on cognitive performance.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Does radiofrequency radiation impact sleep? A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, crossover pilot study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Assessment of Electrical Brain Activity of Healthy Volunteers Exposed to 3.5 GHz of 5G Signals within Environmental Levels: A Controlled-Randomised Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Effects of Mobile Electromagnetic Exposure on Brain Oscillations and Cortical Excitability: Scoping Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Analysis of the Association of Mobile Phone Usage and Hearing Function in Young Adults.Cureus · 2025Article
- Brain-implanted conductors amplify radiofrequency fields in rodents: Advantages and risks.Bioelectromagnetics · 2024Article
- Exposure to 1800 MHz LTE electromagnetic fields under proinflammatory conditions decreases the response strength and increases the acoustic threshold of auditory cortical neurons.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Neuronal activity under transcranial radio-frequency stimulation in metal-free rodent brains in-vivo.Communications engineering · 2022Article
- Modulation of magnetoencephalography alpha band activity by radiofrequency electromagnetic field depicted in sensor and source space.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Early-Life Exposure to Pulsed LTE Radiofrequency Fields Causes Persistent Changes in Activity and Behavior in C57BL/6 J Mice.Bioelectromagnetics · 2019Article
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Abstract
Although mobile phone (MP) use has been steadily increasing in the last decades and similar positive trends are expected for the near future, systematic investigations on neurophysiological and cognitive effects caused by recently developed technological standards for MPs are scarcely available. Here, we investigated the effects of radiofrequency (RF) fields emitted by new-generation mobile technologies, specifically, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) and Long-Term Evolution (LTE), on intrinsic scalp EEG activity in the alpha band (8-12 Hz) and cognitive performance in the Stroop test. The study involved 60 healthy, young-adult university students (34 for UMTS and 26 for LTE) with double-blind administration of Real and Sham exposure in separate sessions. EEG was recorded before, during and after RF exposure, and Stroop performance was assessed before and after EEG recording. Both RF exposure types caused a notable decrease in the alpha power over the whole scalp that persisted even after the cessation of the exposure, whereas no effects were found on any aspects of performance in the Stroop test. The results imply that the brain networks underlying global alpha oscillations might require minor reconfiguration to adapt to the local biophysical changes caused by focal RF exposure mimicking MP use.
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