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Main Title Blood-Brain Barrier Permeation in the Rat during Exposure to Low-Power 1.7-GHz Microwave Radiation.
Author Ward, T. R. ; Ali, J. S. ;
CORP Author Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Year Published 1985
Report Number EPA/600/J-85/321;
Stock Number PB86-162385
Additional Subjects Radiation effects ; Microwaves ; Exposure ; Permeability ; Blood ; Brain ; Rats ; Laboratory animals ; Reprints ;
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NTIS  PB86-162385 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The permeability of the blood-brain barrier to high-and low-molecular-weight compounds has been measured as a function of continuous wave (CW) and pulsed microwave radiation. Adult rats, anesthetized with pentobarbital and injected intravenously with a mixture of (14C) sucrose and (3H) insulin, were exposed for 30 min at a specific absorption rate of 0.1 W/kg to 1.7 GHz CW and pulsed (0.5-us pulse width, 1000 pps) microwave radiation. Following exposure, the brain was perfused and sectioned into nine regions and the radioactivity in each region was counted. During identical exposure conditions, temperatures were measured in eight of the brain regions using a nonperturbing thermistor probe. No change in uptake of either tracer was found in any region as compared to sham-exposed animals.