Introduction: Brain tissue has higher exposure to radiofrequency fields as cellular phones are used in close vicinity to it. Their use is associated with symptoms like tinnitus, headache, dizziness, fatigue, sensations of warmth, dysesthesia of the scalp, visual disturbances, memory loss and sleep disturbances. Hence determining whether they affect human physiological parameters was important and therefore a study to measure the electrical activity of the brain, when exposed to cell phone radiation was undertaken.
Method: It was a single blind, cross over, unicentric study on 50 healthy male adults between ages of 18 to 24 years. Real and sham exposure of cellular EMF was given. EEG was analyzed for qualitative parameters of focal abnormality, unusual pattern for given age, rhythm abnormality including fast activity and slow activity.
Result: Unusual pattern for given age, rhythm abnormality and focal abnormality was observed.
Conclusion: In normal use, cellular phone EMR can alter brain electrical activity.
Impact Factor
2022: 6.012
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