Exploratory studies of the influence of wireless equipment on the body of laboratory animals
https://doi.org/10.47470/0016-9900-2017-96-7-661-664
Abstract
The article presents results of exploratory research on the assessment of the impact of Wi-Fi equipment on the organism of laboratory animals. The study was executed in a specially equipped semi-anechoic chambers, to eliminate the influence of other sources, which can have a direct or indirect impact on animals. As a source of EMR there was used the router for wireless access to the Internet (brand: ZyXEL Keenetic Extra). Laboratory animals (20 white male mice), and control group (20 animals)were placed at a distance of 0.5 m and 1 m from the EMR source in a room without EMR source. Weekly every laboratory animal performed tests on the assessment of behavioral reactions, depression and working memory using the test «open field», «T-maze», «forced swimming». After 36-days round-the-clock exposure in animals there was a decrease in indices of horizontal and vertical locomotor activity, the development of the depressive state on the 25th day of the study.
About the Authors
Evgeny V. Zibarev
North-West Public Health Research Center
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
MD, PhD, head of the department of scientific securing of sanitary and epidemiological supervision and examinations of state of science of the North-West Public Health Research Center, Saint-Petersburg, 191036, Russian Federation.
e-mail: zibarevevgeny@gmail.com
A. S. Afanasev
North-West Public Health Research Center
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
O. V. Slusareva
North-West Public Health Research Center
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
I. D. Bulavina
North-West Public Health Research Center
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Zibarev E.V., Afanasev A.S., Slusareva O.V., Bulavina I.D. Exploratory studies of the influence of wireless equipment on the body of laboratory animals. Hygiene and Sanitation. 2017;96(7):661-664. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.47470/0016-9900-2017-96-7-661-664
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