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Cell phone use in pregnancy affects foetus' brain
Friday March 16, 2012 03:55:37 PM,
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Washington: Radiation from cell phone use during pregnancy could affect the
brain of foetus, potentially leading to hyperactivity after birth.
"This is the first experimental evidence that foetal exposure to
radio frequency radiation from cellular telephones does in fact
affect adult behaviou," said study co-author Hugh S. Taylor,
professor of reproductive endocrinology and Infertility at Yale
School of Medicine.
Taylor and co-authors exposed pregnant mice to radiation from a
muted and silenced cell phone positioned above the cage and placed
on an active phone call for the duration of the trial, according
the journal Scientific Reports.
The team measured the brain electrical activity of adult mice that
were exposed to radiation as foetuses, and conducted a battery of
psychological and behavioral tests, according to a Yale statement.
They found that the mice exposed to radiation tended to be more
hyperactive and had reduced memory capacity. Taylor attributed the
behavioural changes to an effect during pregnancy on the
development of neurons in the prefrontal cortex region of the
brain.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), is a
developmental disorder, characterized by inattention and
hyperactivity.
"We have shown that behavioral problems in mice that resemble ADHD
are caused by cell phone exposure in the womb," said Taylor. "The
rise in behavioural disorders in human children may be in part due
to fetal cellular telephone irradiation exposure."
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