Exposure to rf electromagnetic energy decreases aggressive behavior

✍ Scribed by Allan H. Frey; Jack Spector

• Book ID: 101351896
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 394 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0096-140X
• DOI: 10.1002/1098-2337(1986)12:4<285::aid-ab2480120407>3.0.co;2-g

✦ Synopsis

It was predicted from the dopamine-opiate system hypothesis that aggression induced by light tail pressure would be modified by exposure of the animals to radiofrequency electromagnetic energy. In a series of three experiments, it was found that there was a substantial decrease in aggressive behavior during exposure to EM energy at incident power densities as low as 50 gW/cm2. This is consistent with previously published reports that indicate the dopamine and opiate systems of the brain are influenced by exposure to low-intensity EM energy. It would appear that EM energy exposure could be used as a probe in the study of aggression and in relating it to brain chemistry. S i c e this energy has become ubiquitous in the environment, and quite uneven in distribution, there may be implications for understanding aggressive behavior from a clinical standpoint as well as from the standpoint of necessary controls in experiments.

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