Quantitative study of the effect of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation on nervous system

SatariMohammad Satari Keykeleh, Mohammad; Talebi, Mohammad Naseh; Fakhimi Kamran, Mehdi; Zarrin, Farzaneh; Akbari, Shadi

Quantitative study of the effect of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation on nervous system

Document Type : Analytic Review

Authors

Mohammad SatariMohammad Satari Keykeleh ¹

Mohammad Naseh Talebi ²

Mehdi Fakhimi Kamran ³

Farzaneh Zarrin ⁴

Shadi Akbari ⁵

¹ Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Malayer University, Malayer, Iran

² Department of Cognitive modeling, Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, Tehran, Iran.

³ Department of Social cognition, Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, Tehran, Iran.

⁴ Department of bioscience and biotechnology, Malek Ashtar University of technology(MUT), Tehran, Iran.

⁵ Cognitive neuroscience, Department of psychology, University of Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract

With the wide spread of electromagnetic waves in living environment, concerns about the harmful effects of these waves on human health have increased. However, many studies have been conducted on the biological effects of non-ionizing radiation, but there is no certainty about the effects of these radiation, especially on the nervous system. The achieved results from studies have many differences and even conflicting results have been reported. According to the previous studies, it is not yet concluded whether non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation damaging to the nervous system. The purpose of this study is to analyze published articles about the effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation on the nervous system in order to extract quantitative data on the effects of these waves. The purpose of this study is to analyze published articles about the effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation on the nervous system in order to extract quantitative data on the effects of these waves. At first, the articles published in the ORSAA database were reviewed and divided into two categories: cellular and molecular parameters and neurological and cognitive parameters. The results obtained from the reviews and quantitative analyzes of the articles in the ORSAA database showed that in the category of cellular and molecular parameters, non-ionizing electromagnetic waves have the greatest effect on the change of enzyme activity and damage to proteins with 418 cases. Also, in the category of neurological and cognitive parameters, non-ionizing waves have the greatest effect on behavior and cognitive effects with 171 reported cases.

Keywords

Non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation

nervous system

frequency bands

ORSAA database

Subjects

Animal biotechnology

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