Psychoactive-drug response is affected by acute low-level microwave irradiation

✍ Scribed by Dr. Hone Y. Lai; A. Horita; C. K. Chou; A. W. Guy

• Book ID: 102758780
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 561 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0197-8462
• DOI: 10.1002/bem.2250040303

✦ Synopsis

The effects of various psychoactivc drugs were studied in rats exposed for 45 min in a circularly polarized, pulsed microwave field (2450 MHz; SAR 0.6 W/kg; 2-ps pulses, 500 pps). Apomorphine-induced hypothermia and stereotypy were enhanced hy irradiation. Amphetamine-induced hyperthermia was attenuated while stereotypy was unaffected. Morphine-induced catalepsy and lethality were enhanced by irradiation at certain dosages of the drug. Since these drugs have different modes of action on central neural mechanisms and the effects of microwaves depend on the particular drug studied, these results show the complex nature of the effect of microwave irradiation on brain functions.