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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Expression of the immediate early gene, c-fos, in fetal brain after whole of gestation exposure of pregnant mice to global system for mobile communication microwaves |
Author: | Finnie, J. Cai, Z. Blumbergs, P. Manavis, J. Kuchel, T. |
Citation: | Pathology, 2006; 38(4):333-335 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
ISSN: | 0031-3025 1465-3931 |
Abstract: | <h4>Aims</h4>To study immediate early gene, c-fos, expression as a marker of neural stress after whole of gestation exposure of the fetal mouse brain to mobile telephone-type radiofrequency fields.<h4>Methods</h4>Using a purpose-designed exposure system at 900 MHz, pregnant mice were given a single, far-field, whole body exposure at a specific absorption rate of 4 W/kg for 60 min/day from day 1 to day 19 of gestation. Pregnant control mice were sham-exposed or freely mobile in a cage without further restraint. Immediately prior to parturition on gestational day 19, fetal heads were collected, fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde and paraffin embedded. Any stress response in the brain was detected by c-fos immunohistochemistry in the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, thalamus, hippocampus, midbrain, cerebellum and medulla.<h4>Results</h4>c-fos expression was of limited, but consistent, neuroanatomical distribution and there was no difference in immunoreactivity between exposed and control brains.<h4>Conclusion</h4>In this animal model, no stress response was detected in the fetal brain using c-fos immunohistochemistry after whole of gestation exposure to mobile telephony. |
Keywords: | Brain Animals Mice, Inbred BALB C Mice Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos Immunohistochemistry Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental Pregnancy Genes, fos Microwaves Female Stress, Physiological Cell Phone |
DOI: | 10.1080/00313020600820864 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00313020600820864 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 6 Pathology publications |
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