PMID- 8297395
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19940303
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0197-8462 (Print)
IS  - 0197-8462 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 6
DP  - 1993
TI  - The effect of pulsed microwaves on passive electrical properties and interspike 
      intervals of snail neurons.
PG  - 503-20
AB  - The effects of pulsed microwaves (2.45 GHz, 10 microseconds, 100 pps, SAR: 81.5 
      kW/kg peak, 81.5 W/kg average) on membrane input resistance and action potential 
      (AP) interval statistics were studied in spontaneously active ganglion neurons of 
      land snails (Helix aspersa), at strictly constant temperature (20.8 +/- .07 
      degrees C worst case). Statistical comparison with sham-irradiated neurons 
      revealed a significant increase in the mean input resistance of neurons exposed 
      to pulsed microwaves (P < or = .05). Pulsed microwaves had no visible effect on 
      mean AP firing rate; this observation was confirmed by analysis of interspike 
      intervals (ISIs). Using an integrator model for spontaneously active neurons, we 
      found the net input current to be more variable in neurons exposed to pulsed 
      microwaves. The mean input current was not affected. The standard deviation of 
      ISIs and the autocorrelation of the input current were marginally affected, but 
      these changes were not consistent across neurons. Although the observed effects 
      were less obvious than those reported in other studies, they represent evidence 
      of a direct interaction between neurons and pulsed microwaves, in the absence of 
      macroscopic temperature changes. The data do not suggest a single, specific 
      mechanism for such interaction.
FAU - Field, A S
AU  - Field AS
AD  - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Illinois 
      at Chicago.
FAU - Ginsburg, K
AU  - Ginsburg K
FAU - Lin, J C
AU  - Lin JC
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - Bioelectromagnetics
JT  - Bioelectromagnetics
JID - 8008281
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Electricity
MH  - Helix, Snails/*physiology
MH  - *Microwaves
MH  - Neurons/*radiation effects
EDAT- 1993/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1993/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1993/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1993/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1993/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1993/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/bem.2250140603 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Bioelectromagnetics. 1993;14(6):503-20. doi: 10.1002/bem.2250140603.