GSM 900MHz signal affects a spectral power of alpha band in the resting human electroencephalogram

Brahim Selmaoui (1) , Rania Ghosn (1) , Lydia Yahia-Cherif , Laurent Hugueville , Antoise Ducorps , Jean Didier Lemarechal , György Thuróczy , René de Seze (1)

1 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques

The aim of this study was to examine the possible effect of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF EMF) GSM 900 MHz, on brain electrical activity. 26 healthy volunteers aged 18-35 years underwent two experimental sessions in which one session served as control (sham) and second one as exposure session. Subjects were exposed to mobile phone signals at intensity of 0.49 W/kg. In each session, waking EEG was recorded before, during and after an exposure period. These results suggest that GSM-EMFs of a mobile phone affect alpha band within spectral power of resting human EEG.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Toxicology

Brahim Selmaoui, Rania Ghosn, Lydia Yahia-Cherif, Laurent Hugueville, Antoise Ducorps, et al.. GSM 900MHz signal affects a spectral power of alpha band in the resting human electroencephalogram. Annual meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society and the European BioElectromagnetics Association (BioEM 2015), Jun 2015, Asilomar, United States. ⟨ineris-01855060⟩