Pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic field affects human sleep and sleep electroencephalogram

被引:183
作者
Borbély, AA [1 ]
Huber, R [1 ]
Graf, T [1 ]
Fuchs, B [1 ]
Gallmann, E [1 ]
Achermann, P [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Zurich, Inst Pharmacol & Toxicol, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
关键词
global system for mobile communication; mobile phones; non-REM sleep; specific absorption rate; spectral analysis; sleep spindles; waking after sleep onset;
D O I
10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00770-3
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
To investigate whether the electromagnetic field (EMF) emitted by digital radiotelephone handsets affects the brain, healthy, young subjects were exposed during an entire night-time sleep episode to an intermittent radiation schedule (900 MHz; maximum specific absorption rate 1 W/kg) consisting of alternating 15-min on-15-min off intervals. Compared with a control night with sham exposure, the amount of waking after sleep onset was reduced from 18 to 12 min. Spectral power of the electroencephalogram in non-rapid eye movement sleep was increased. The maximum rise occurred in the 10-11 Hz and 13.5-14 Hz bands during the initial part of sleep and then subsided. The results demonstrate that pulsed high-frequency EMF in the range of radiotelephones may promote sleep and modify the sleep EEG. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:207 / 210
页数:4
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