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Hagstrum JT. Avian navigation: the geomagnetic field provides compass cues but not a bicoordinate "map" plus a brief discussion of the alternative infrasound direction-finding hypothesis. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2024; 210:295-313. [PMID: 37071206 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-023-01627-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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The geomagnetic field (GMF) is a worldwide source of compass cues used by animals and humans alike. The inclination of GMF flux lines also provides information on geomagnetic latitude. A long-disputed question, however, is whether horizontal gradients in GMF intensity, in combination with changes in inclination, provide bicoordinate "map" information. Multiple sources contribute to the total GMF, the largest of which is the core field. The ubiquitous crustal field is much less intense, but in both land and marine settings is strong enough at low altitudes (< 700 m; sea level) to mask the core field's weak N-S intensity gradient (~ 3-5 nT/km) over 10 s to 100 s of km. Non-orthogonal geomagnetic gradients, the lack of consistent E-W gradients, and the local masking of core-field intensity gradients by the crustal field, therefore, are grounds for rejection of the bicoordinate geomagnetic "map" hypothesis. In addition, the alternative infrasound direction-finding hypothesis is briefly reviewed. The GMF's diurnal variation has long been suggested as a possible Zeitgeber (timekeeper) for circadian rhythms and could explain the GMF's non-compass role in the avian navigational system. Requirements for detection of this weaker diurnal signal (~ 20-50 nT) might explain the magnetic alignment of resting and grazing animals.
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The Possible Effect of Space Weather Factors on Various Physiological Systems of the Human Organism. ATMOSPHERE 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos12030346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A systematic review of heliobiological studies of the last 25 years devoted to the study of the potential influence of space weather factors on human health and well-being was carried out. We proposed three criteria (coordinates), according to which the work on solar–biospheric relations was systematized: the time scale of data sampling (years, days, hours, minutes); the level of organization of the biological system under study (population, group, individual, body system); and the degree of system response (norm, adaptation, failure of adaptation (illness), disaster (death)). This systematic review demonstrates that three parameters mentioned above are closely related in the existing heliobiological studies: the larger the selected time scale, the higher the level of estimated biological system organization and the stronger the potential response degree is. The long-term studies are devoted to the possible influence of solar activity on population disasters, i.e., significant increases in morbidity and mortality. On a daily scale, a probable effect of geomagnetic storms and other space weather events on short-term local outbreaks of morbidity is shown as well as on cases of deterioration in people functional state. On an intraday scale, in the regular functioning mode, the heart and brain rhythms of healthy people turn to be synchronized with geomagnetic field variations in some frequency ranges, which apparently is the necessary organism’s existence element. The applicability of different space weather indices at different data sampling rates, the need to take into account the contribution of meteorological factors, and the prospects for an individual approach in heliobiology are discussed. The modern important results of experiments on modeling the action of magnetic storms in laboratory conditions and the substantiation of possible theoreical mechanisms are described. These results provide an experimental and theoretical basis for studies of possible connections of space weather and human health.
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Aguirre AA, Palomares RA, De Ondiz AD, Soto ER, Perea MS, Hernández-Fonseca HJ, Perea FP. Lunar Cycle Influences Reproductive Performance of Crossbred Brahman Cows Under Tropical Conditions. J Biol Rhythms 2021; 36:160-168. [PMID: 33446001 DOI: 10.1177/0748730420983638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Evidence has accumulated over the years indicating that the moon influences some aspects of the reproductive activity in animals and humans. However, little is known about the influence of the lunar cycle on the reproductive performance of cows under tropical conditions, where the environment strongly affects reproduction. This retrospective study was conducted with the aim of assessing the influence of the lunar cycle on some reproductive traits of tropical crossbred cows managed in a pasture-based system. Data from 5869 reproductive records from two commercial farms localized in the Maracaibo Lake Basin of Zulia State, Venezuela, were analyzed. Variables studied were first service conception rate, calving frequency, first postpartum estrous frequency, and pregnancy frequency. In addition to the lunar cycle, the effects of farm, season, and predominant breed were also considered. Data were analyzed using logistic regression and general linear model from SAS. First service conception was affected by lunar phases and predominant breed, but not by farm or season. For frequencies of calving, first postpartum estrus, and pregnancy, there was no main effect of farm, season, and predominant breed, whereas the effect of lunar phases was highly significant. First service conception was significantly greater in waning than in crescent phase of the lunar cycle. Frequencies of calving, first estrus, and pregnancy were highly correlated and showed greater figures around full moon and new moon. In conclusion, lunar cycle influenced first service conception, attaining greater values in the waning phase of the moon cycle. Frequencies of calving, first postpartum estrus, and pregnancy in crossbred cows showed a clear bimodal rhythm, whose greatest values coincided with new moon and full moon.
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- Group for Reproduction in Animals, Vaccinology and Infectious Diseases (GRAVID), Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Saint George's University, True Blue, Grenada
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- Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad de Los Andes, Trujillo, Venezuela
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Cifra M, Apollonio F, Liberti M, García-Sánchez T, Mir LM. Possible molecular and cellular mechanisms at the basis of atmospheric electromagnetic field bioeffects. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY 2021; 65:59-67. [PMID: 32335726 PMCID: PMC7782448 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-020-01885-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Mechanisms of how electromagnetic (EM) field acts on biological systems are governed by the same physics regardless of the origin of the EM field (technological, atmospheric...), given that EM parameters are the same. We draw from a large body of literature of bioeffects of a man-made electromagnetic field. In this paper, we performed a focused review on selected possible mechanisms of how atmospheric electromagnetic phenomena can act at the molecular and cellular level. We first briefly review the range of frequencies and field strengths for both electric and magnetic fields in the atmosphere. Then, we focused on a concise description of the current knowledge on weak electric and magnetic field bioeffects with possible molecular mechanisms at the basis of possible EM field bioeffects combined with modeling strategies to estimate reliable outcomes and speculate about the biological effects linked to lightning or pyroelectricity. Indeed, we bring pyroelectricity as a natural source of voltage gradients previously unexplored. While very different from lightning, it can result in similar bioeffects based on similar mechanisms, which can lead to close speculations on the importance of these atmospheric electric fields in the evolution.
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- Michal Cifra
- Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 18251, Chaberská 1014/57, Prague, Czechia.
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- Department of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Gustave Roussy, Aspects métaboliques et systémiques de l'oncogénèse pour de nouvelles approches thérapeutiques, 94805, Villejuif, France
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Stein Y, Udasin IG. Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS, microwave syndrome) - Review of mechanisms. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 186:109445. [PMID: 32289567 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), known in the past as "Microwave syndrome", is a clinical syndrome characterized by the presence of a wide spectrum of non-specific multiple organ symptoms, typically including central nervous system symptoms, that occur following the patient's acute or chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields in the environment or in occupational settings. Numerous studies have shown biological effects at the cellular level of electromagnetic fields (EMF) at magnetic (ELF) and radio-frequency (RF) frequencies in extremely low intensities. Many of the mechanisms described for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) apply with modification to EHS. Repeated exposures result in sensitization and consequent enhancement of response. Many hypersensitive patients appear to have impaired detoxification systems that become overloaded by excessive oxidative stress. EMF can induce changes in calcium signaling cascades, significant activation of free radical processes and overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in living cells as well as altered neurological and cognitive functions and disruption of the blood-brain barrier. Magnetite crystals absorbed from combustion air pollution could have an important role in brain effects of EMF. Autonomic nervous system effects of EMF could also be expressed as symptoms in the cardiovascular system. Other common effects of EMF include effects on skin, microvasculature, immune and hematologic systems. It is concluded that the mechanisms underlying the symptoms of EHS are biologically plausible and that many organic physiologic responses occur following EMF exposure. Patients can have neurologic, neuro-hormonal and neuro-psychiatric symptoms following exposure to EMF as a consequence of neural damage and over-sensitized neural responses. More relevant diagnostic tests for EHS should be developed. Exposure limits should be lowered to safeguard against biologic effects of EMF. Spread of local and global wireless networks should be decreased, and safer wired networks should be used instead of wireless, to protect susceptible members of the public. Public places should be made accessible for electrohypersensitive individuals.
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- Yael Stein
- Pain Clinic, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Electromagnetic Radiation Clinic, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
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- EOHSI Clinical Center, Rutgers University- School of Public Health, NJ, USA
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Chae KS, Oh IT, Lee SH, Kim SC. Blue light-dependent human magnetoreception in geomagnetic food orientation. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0211826. [PMID: 30763322 PMCID: PMC6375564 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The Earth's geomagnetic field (GMF) is known to influence magnetoreceptive creatures, from bacteria to mammals as a sensory cue or a physiological modulator, despite it is largely thought that humans cannot sense the GMF. Here, we show that humans sense the GMF to orient their direction toward food in a self-rotatory chair experiment. Starved men, but not women, significantly oriented toward the ambient/modulated magnetic north or east, directions which had been previously food-associated, without any other helpful cues, including sight and sound. The orientation was reproduced under blue light but was abolished under a blindfold or a longer wavelength light (> 500 nm), indicating that blue light is necessary for magnetic orientation. Importantly, inversion of the vertical component of the GMF resulted in orientation toward the magnetic south and blood glucose levels resulting from food appeared to act as a motivator for sensing a magnetic field direction. The results demonstrate that male humans sense GMF in a blue light-dependent manner and suggest that the geomagnetic orientations are mediated by an inclination compass.
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- Kwon-Seok Chae
- Department of Biology Education Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Brain Science and Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biology Education Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biology Education Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Institute for IT Convergence, Hankyong National University, Anseong, Republic of Korea
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Optimization of Recurrence Quantification Analysis for Detecting the Presence of Multiple Sclerosis. J Med Biol Eng 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s40846-019-00462-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Frilot C, McCarty DE, Marino AA. An original method for staging sleep based on dynamical analysis of a single EEG signal. J Neurosci Methods 2018; 308:135-141. [PMID: 30059696 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The dynamical complexity of brain electrical activity manifested in the EEG is quantifiable using recurrence analysis (RA). Employing RA, we described and validated an originative method for automatically classifying epochs of sleep that is conceptually and instrumentally distinct from the existing method. NEW METHOD Complexity in single overnight EEGs was characterized second-by-second using four RA variables that were each averaged over consecutive 30-sec epochs to form four-component vectors. The vectors were staged using four-component cluster analysis. Method validity and utility were established by showing: (1) inter- and intra-subject consistency of staging results (method insusceptible to nonstationarity of the EEG); (2) use of method to eliminate costly and arduous visual staging in a binary classifications task for detecting a neurogenic disorder; (3) ability of method to provide new physiological insights into brain activity during sleep. RESULTS RA of sleep-acquired EEGs yielded four continuous measures of complexity and its change-rate that allowed automatic classification of epochs into four statistically distinct clusters ("stages"). Matched subjects with and without mental distress were accurately classified using biomarkers based on stage designations. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS For binary-classification purposes, the method was cheaper, faster, and at least as accurate as the existing staging method. Epoch-by-epoch comparison of new versus existing methods revealed that the latter assigned epochs having widely different dynamical complexities into the same stage (dynamical incoherence). CONCLUSIONS Sleep can be automatically staged using an originative method that is fundamentally different from the existing method.
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- Clifton Frilot
- School of Allied Health Professions, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA.
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- Colorado Sleep Institute, Boulder, CO, USA; Department of Neurology, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA.
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It has been established that living things are sensitive to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields at vanishingly small intensities, on the order of tens of nT. We hypothesize, as a consequence of this sensitivity, that some fraction of an individual's central nervous system activity can be magnetically detected by nearby individuals. Even if we restrict the information content of such processes to merely simple magnetic cues that are unconsciously received by individuals undergoing close-knit continuing exposure to these cues, it is likely that they will tend to associate these cues with the transmitting individual, no less than would occur if such signals were visual or auditory. Furthermore, following what happens when one experiences prolonged exposure to visual and like sensory inputs, it can be anticipated that such association occurring magnetically will eventually also enable the receiving individual to bond to the transmitting individual. One can readily extrapolate from single individuals to groups, finding reasonable explanations for group behavior in a number of social situations, including those occurring in families, animal packs, gatherings as found in concerts, movie theaters and sports arenas, riots and selected predatory/prey situations. The argument developed here not only is consistent with the notion of a magnetic sense in humans, but also provides a new approach to electromagnetic hypersensitivity, suggesting that it may simply result from sensory overload.
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- A R Liboff
- a Department of Physics , Oakland University , Rochester Hills , MI , USA
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Marino AA, Kim PY, Frilot Ii C. Trigeminal neurons detect cellphone radiation: Thermal or nonthermal is not the question. Electromagn Biol Med 2016; 36:123-131. [PMID: 27419655 DOI: 10.1080/15368378.2016.1194294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cellphone electromagnetic radiation produces temperature alterations in facial skin. We hypothesized that the radiation-induced heat was transduced by warmth-sensing trigeminal neurons, as evidenced by changes in cognitive processing of the afferent signals. Ten human volunteers were exposed on the right side of the face to 1 GHz radiation in the absence of acoustic, tactile, and low-frequency electromagnetic stimuli produced by cellphones. Cognitive processing manifested in the electroencephalogram (EEG) was quantitated by analysis of brain recurrence (a nonlinear technique). The theoretical temperature sensitivity of warmth-sensing neurons was estimated by comparing changes in membrane voltage expected as a result of heat transduction with membrane-voltage variance caused by thermal noise. Each participant underwent sixty 12-s trials. The recurrence variable r ("percent recurrence") was computed second by second for the ∆ band of EEGs from two bilaterally symmetric derivations (decussated and nondecussated). Percent recurrence during radiation exposure (first 4 s of each trial) was reduced in the decussated afferent signal compared with the control (last four seconds of each trial); mean difference, r = 1.1 ± 0.5%, p < 0.005. Mean relative ∆ power did not differ between the exposed and control intervals, as expected. Trigeminal neurons were capable of detecting temperature changes far below skin temperature increases caused by cellphone radiation. Simulated cellphone radiation affected brain electrical activity associated with nonlinear cognitive processing of radiation-induced thermal afferent signals. Radiation standards for cellphones based on a thermal/nonthermal binary distinction do not prevent neurophysiological consequences of cellphone radiation.
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- Andrew A Marino
- a Department of Neurology , Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center , Shreveport , LA , USA
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- a Department of Neurology , Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center , Shreveport , LA , USA
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- b School of Allied Health Professions, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center , Shreveport , LA , USA
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Bevington M. Lunar biological effects and the magnetosphere. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 2015; 22:211-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2015.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Revised: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Roggeveen S, van Os J, Viechtbauer W, Lousberg R. EEG Changes Due to Experimentally Induced 3G Mobile Phone Radiation. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129496. [PMID: 26053854 PMCID: PMC4459698 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate whether a 15-minute placement of a 3G dialing mobile phone causes direct changes in EEG activity compared to the placement of a sham phone. Furthermore, it was investigated whether placement of the mobile phone on the ear or the heart would result in different outcomes. Thirty-one healthy females participated. All subjects were measured twice: on one of the two days the mobile phone was attached to the ear, the other day to the chest. In this single-blind, cross-over design, assessments in the sham phone condition were conducted directly preceding and following the mobile phone exposure. During each assessment, EEG activity and radiofrequency radiation were recorded jointly. Delta, theta, alpha, slowbeta, fastbeta, and gamma activity was computed. The association between radiation exposure and the EEG was tested using multilevel random regression analyses with radiation as predictor of main interest. Significant radiation effects were found for the alpha, slowbeta, fastbeta, and gamma bands. When analyzed separately, ear location of the phone was associated with significant results, while chest placement was not. The results support the notion that EEG alterations are associated with mobile phone usage and that the effect is dependent on site of placement. Further studies are required to demonstrate the physiological relevance of these findings.
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- Suzanne Roggeveen
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Roggeveen S, van Os J, Lousberg R. Does the Brain Detect 3G Mobile Phone Radiation Peaks? An Explorative In-Depth Analysis of an Experimental Study. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0125390. [PMID: 25962168 PMCID: PMC4427287 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This study aimed to investigate whether third generation mobile phone radiation peaks result in event related potentials. Thirty-one healthy females participated. In this single-blind, cross-over design, a 15 minute mobile phone exposure was compared to two 15 minute sham phone conditions, one preceding and one following the exposure condition. Each participant was measured on two separate days, where mobile phone placement was varied between the ear and heart. EEG activity and radiofrequency radiation were recorded jointly. Epochs of 1200 ms, starting 200 ms before and lasting until 1000 ms after the onset of a radiation peak, were extracted from the exposure condition. Control epochs were randomly selected from the two sham phone conditions. The main a-priori hypothesis to be tested concerned an increase of the area in the 240-500 ms post-stimulus interval, in the exposure session with ear-placement. Using multilevel regression analyses the placement*exposure interaction effect was significant for the frontal and central cortical regions, indicating that only in the mobile phone exposure with ear-placement an enlarged cortical reactivity was found. Post-hoc analyses based on visual inspection of the ERPs showed a second significantly increased area between 500-1000 ms post-stimulus for almost every EEG location measured. It was concluded that, when a dialing mobile phone is placed on the ear, its radiation, although unconsciously, is electrically detected by the brain. The question of whether or not this cortical reactivity results in a negative health outcome has to be answered in future longitudinal experiments.
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- Suzanne Roggeveen
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands
- King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands
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Meilinger T, Frankenstein J, Watanabe K, Bülthoff HH, Hölscher C. Reference frames in learning from maps and navigation. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2014; 79:1000-8. [PMID: 25416007 DOI: 10.1007/s00426-014-0629-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In everyday life, navigators often consult a map before they navigate to a destination (e.g., a hotel, a room, etc.). However, not much is known about how humans gain spatial knowledge from seeing a map and direct navigation together. In the present experiments, participants learned a simple multiple corridor space either from a map only, only from walking through the virtual environment, first from the map and then from navigation, or first from navigation and then from the map. Afterwards, they conducted a pointing task from multiple body orientations to infer the underlying reference frames. We constructed the learning experiences in a way such that map-only learning and navigation-only learning triggered spatial memory organized along different reference frame orientations. When learning from maps before and during navigation, participants employed a map- rather than a navigation-based reference frame in the subsequent pointing task. Consequently, maps caused the employment of a map-oriented reference frame found in memory for highly familiar urban environments ruling out explanations from environmental structure or north preference. When learning from navigation first and then from the map, the pattern of results reversed and participants employed a navigation-based reference frame. The priority of learning order suggests that despite considerable difference between map and navigation learning participants did not use the more salient or in general more useful information, but relied on the reference frame established first.
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- Tobias Meilinger
- Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Spemannstr. 38, 72076, Tübingen, Germany. .,Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8904, Japan.
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- Center for Cognitive Science, University of Freiburg, Friedrichstr. 50, 79098, Freiburg, Germany.,ETH Zürich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Clausiusstr. 59, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8904, Japan
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- Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Spemannstr. 38, 72076, Tübingen, Germany. .,Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea University, Anam-dong 5ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-713, Republic of Korea.
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- Center for Cognitive Science, University of Freiburg, Friedrichstr. 50, 79098, Freiburg, Germany.,ETH Zürich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Clausiusstr. 59, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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Frilot C, Carrubba S, Marino A. Sensory transduction of weak electromagnetic fields: Role of glutamate neurotransmission mediated by NMDA receptors. Neuroscience 2014; 258:184-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Carrubba S, Minagar A, Chesson AL, Frilot C, Marino AA. Increased determinism in brain electrical activity occurs in association with multiple sclerosis. Neurol Res 2013; 34:286-90. [DOI: 10.1179/1743132812y.0000000010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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- Simona Carrubba
- Natural Sciences DepartmentDaemen College, Amherst, New York, USA
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- School of Allied Health Professions, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA
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Stimulation of the Brain With Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Field Pulses Affects Sleep-Dependent Performance Improvement. Brain Stimul 2013; 6:805-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2013.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2012] [Revised: 12/21/2012] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Carrubba S, Minagar A, Gonzalez-Toledo E, Chesson AL, Frilot C, Marino AA. Multiple sclerosis impairs ability to detect abrupt appearance of a subliminal stimulus. Neurol Res 2013; 32:297-302. [DOI: 10.1179/016164109x12536042424135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Marino AA. Electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome revisited again. Int J Neurosci 2013; 123:593-4. [PMID: 23410192 DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2013.775575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Martin GV, Houle T, Nicholson R, Peterlin A, Martin VT. Lightning and its association with the frequency of headache in migraineurs: An observational cohort study. Cephalalgia 2013; 33:375-83. [DOI: 10.1177/0333102412474502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aim The aim of this article is to determine if lightning is associated with the frequency of headache in migraineurs. Methods Participants fulfilling diagnostic criteria for International Headache Society-defined migraine were recruited from sites located in Ohio ( n = 23) and Missouri ( n = 67). They recorded headache activity in a daily diary for three to six months. A generalized estimating equations (GEE) logistic regression determined the odds ratio (OR) of headache on lightning days compared to non-lightning days. Other weather factors associated with thunderstorms were also added as covariates to the GEE model to see how they would attenuate the effect of lightning on headache. Results The mean age of the study population was 44 and 91% were female. The OR for headache was 1.31 (95% confidence limits (CL); 1.07, 1.66) during lighting days as compared to non-lightning days. The addition of thunderstorm-associated weather variables as covariates were only able to reduce the OR for headache on lightning days to 1.18 (95% CL; 1.02, 1.37). The probability of having a headache on lightning days was also further increased when the average current of lightning strikes for the day was more negative. Conclusion This study suggests that lightning represents a trigger for headache in migraineurs that cannot be completely explained by other meteorological factors. It is unknown if lightning directly triggers headaches through electromagnetic waves or indirectly through production of bioaerosols (e.g. ozone), induction of fungal spores or other mechanisms. These results should be interpreted cautiously until replicated in a second dataset.
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- Geoffrey V Martin
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest Medical Center, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, St. Louis University and Mercy Health Research and Ryan Headache Clinic, MO, USA
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- Environmental Rights and Releases Exchange (ERREx) Inc, PA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH, USA
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Shahabi S, Kasariyans A, Noorbakhsh F. Like cures like: A neuroimmunological model based on electromagnetic resonance. Electromagn Biol Med 2013; 32:508-26. [DOI: 10.3109/15368378.2012.743911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Begall S, Malkemper EP, Červený J, Němec P, Burda H. Magnetic alignment in mammals and other animals. Mamm Biol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2012.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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O'Neill P. Magnetoreception and baroreception in birds. Dev Growth Differ 2012; 55:188-97. [DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Revised: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Paul O'Neill
- Laboratory for Sensory Development; RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology; 2-2-3 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku; Kobe; 650-0047; Japan
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Vanderstraeten J, Verschaeve L, Burda H, Bouland C, de Brouwer C. Health effects of extremely low-frequency magnetic fields: reconsidering the melatonin hypothesis in the light of current data on magnetoreception. J Appl Toxicol 2012; 32:952-8. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.2761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2011] [Revised: 02/28/2012] [Accepted: 02/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jacques Vanderstraeten
- Research Center on Environmental Health and Occupational Health, School of Public Health; Université Libre de Bruxelles; CP 593, Route de Lennik 808; 1070; Brussels; Belgium
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- Research Center on Environmental Health and Occupational Health, School of Public Health; Université Libre de Bruxelles; CP 593, Route de Lennik 808; 1070; Brussels; Belgium
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- Research Center on Environmental Health and Occupational Health, School of Public Health; Université Libre de Bruxelles; CP 593, Route de Lennik 808; 1070; Brussels; Belgium
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Carrubba S, Kim PY, McCarty DE, Chesson AL, Frilot C, Marino AA. Continuous EEG-based dynamic markers for sleep depth and phasic events. J Neurosci Methods 2012; 208:1-9. [PMID: 22565134 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Revised: 04/11/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sleep architecture is characterized by classifying polysomnographic epochs into mutually exclusive stages. Notwithstanding the clinical importance of staging, it has the drawback of representing sleep as a discrete process. Metrics based on the electroencephalogram (EEG) are needed to supplement conventional sleep staging by allowing a description of sleep in terms of unitary, continuous markers. Traditional linear and nonlinear techniques for achieving this goal have not proved sufficient. Employing recurrence analysis, we developed a method for capturing and quantifying the dynamical states of the brain during sleep. The method yields markers for continuously determining sleep depth, for detecting sleep-specific phasic events, and for objectively defining potentially useful sleep markers and indices. Recurrence markers captured the coarse- and fine-grained temporal activity of the sleep EEG, thereby permitting continuous quantitation of brain electrical activity on any desired time scale. The markers were validated with respect to the tonic behavior (time scale of seconds) of the sleep EEG by establishing that they disambiguated the stages of sleep that are defined solely on the basis of EEG activity. Validation of the markers over time scales of milliseconds was achieved by showing that common types of sleep-EEG phasic events could be detected by recurrence analysis. The method was also used to define a generalized EEG arousal index that quantified previously unrecognized sleep-stage-dependent deterministic properties of brain electrical activity. Using nonlinear analysis that quantified the recurrence properties of the EEG, we described a novel method for producing dynamic markers of brain states during sleep.
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- Simona Carrubba
- Natural Sciences Department, Daemen College, Amherst, NY, United States
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Close J. Are stress responses to geomagnetic storms mediated by the cryptochrome compass system? Proc Biol Sci 2012; 279:2081-90. [PMID: 22418257 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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A controversial body of literature demonstrates associations of geomagnetic storms (GMS) with numerous cardiovascular, psychiatric and behavioural outcomes. Various melatonin hypotheses of GMS have suggested that temporal variation in the geomagnetic field (GMF) may be acting as an additional zeitgeber (a temporal synchronizer) for circadian rhythms, with GMS somehow interfering with the hypothesized system. The cryptochrome genes are known primarily as key components of the circadian pacemaker, ultimately involved in controlling the expression of the hormone melatonin. Cryptochrome is identified as a clear candidate for mediating the effect of GMS on humans, demonstrating the prior existence of several crucial pieces of evidence. A distinct scientific literature demonstrates the widespread use of geomagnetic information for navigation across a range of taxa. One mechanism of magnetoreception is thought to involve a light-dependent retinal molecular system mediated by cryptochrome, acting in a distinct functionality to its established role as a circadian oscillator. There is evidence suggesting that such a magnetosense--or at least the vestiges of it--may exist in humans. This paper argues that cryptochrome is not acting as secondary geomagnetic zeitgeber to influence melatonin synthesis. Instead, it is hypothesized that the cryptochrome compass system is mediating stress responses more broadly across the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis (including alterations to circadian behaviour) in response to changes in the GMF. Two conceptual models are outlined for the existence of such responses--the first as a generalized migrational/dispersal strategy, the second as a stress response to unexpected signals to the magnetosense. It is therefore proposed that GMS lead to disorientation of hormonal systems in animals and humans, thus explaining the effects of GMS on human health and behaviour.
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Vanderstraeten J, Burda H. Does magnetoreception mediate biological effects of power-frequency magnetic fields? THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2012; 417-418:299-304. [PMID: 22071437 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.08.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2011] [Revised: 08/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/29/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The question of possible biological effects of power-frequency magnetic fields (PF-MF) remains controversial, notably because no valid mechanism of interaction could be proposed so far for intensities relevant to human and animal exposure (e.g. such as near high-tension power lines). In rodents, however, a few consistent effects of weak PF-MF have been reported. These are, notably, influence on spatial memory and partial inhibition of melatonin secretion under long-lasting exposure. Recent developments in study of magnetoreception in mammals justify reviving the hypothesis previously proposed of the intervention of the magnetic sense in melatonin disruption by PF-MF. We revisit this hypothesis and revise and extend it with respect to current knowledge and, particularly, with respect to reported effects on spatial memory. Proposals are made for experimental testing of the hypothesis. We argue that these tests may provide further insight into mechanisms of biological interactions of PF-MF and also, into mechanisms of magnetoreception per se.
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- Jacques Vanderstraeten
- Research Center on Environmental Health and Work Health, School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 593, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.
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Andrade KC, Wehrle R, Spoormaker VI, Sämann PG, Czisch M. Statistical evaluation of recurrence quantification analysis applied on single trial evoked potential studies. Clin Neurophysiol 2012; 123:1523-35. [PMID: 22321295 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2010] [Revised: 12/22/2011] [Accepted: 01/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We evaluated the potential of recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) to improve the analysis of trial-by-trial-variability in event-related potentials (ERPs) experiments. METHODS We use an acoustic oddball paradigm to compare the efficiency of RQA with a linear amplitude based analysis of single trial ERPs with regard to the power to distinguish responses to different tone types. We further probed the robustness of both analyses towards structured noise induced by parallel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). RESULTS RQA provided robust discrimination of responses to different tone types, even when EEG data were contaminated by structured noise. Yet, its power to discriminate responses to different tone types was not significantly superior to a linear amplitude analysis. RQA measures were only moderately correlated with EEG amplitudes, suggesting that RQA may extract additional information from single trial responses not detected by amplitude evaluation. CONCLUSIONS RQA allows quantifying signal characteristics of single trial ERPs measured with and without noise induced by parallel MRI. RQA power to discriminate responses to different tone types was similar to linear amplitude based analysis. SIGNIFICANCE RQA has the potential to detect differences of signal features in response to a standard oddball paradigm and provide additional trial-by-trial information compared to classical amplitude based analysis.
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- Kátia C Andrade
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Neuroimaging Research Group, Munich, Germany.
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Legros A, Corbacio M, Beuter A, Modolo J, Goulet D, Prato FS, Thomas AW. Neurophysiological and behavioral effects of a 60 Hz, 1,800 μT magnetic field in humans. Eur J Appl Physiol 2011; 112:1751-62. [PMID: 21894451 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2130-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2011] [Accepted: 08/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The effects of time-varying magnetic fields (MF) on humans have been actively investigated for the past three decades. One important unanswered question is the potential for MF exposure to have acute effects on human biology. Different strategies have been used to tackle this question using various physiological, neurophysiological and behavioral indicators. For example, researchers investigating electroencephalography (EEG) have reported that extremely low frequency (ELF, <300 Hz) MF can increase resting occipital alpha rhythm (8-12 Hz). Interestingly, other studies have demonstrated that human motricity can be modulated by ELF MF: a reduction of anteroposterior standing balance or a decrease of physiological tremor intensity have been reported as consequences of exposure. However, the main limitation in this domain lies in the lack of results replication, possibly originating from the large variety of experimental approaches employed. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effects of a 60 Hz, 1,800 μT MF exposure on neurophysiological (EEG) and neuromotor (standing balance, voluntary motor function, and physiological tremor) aspects in humans using a single experimental procedure. Though results from this study suggest a reduction of human standing balance with MF exposure, as well as an increase of physiological tremor amplitude within the frequency range associated with central nervous system contribution, no exposure effect appeared on other investigated parameters (e.g., EEG or voluntary motor control). These results suggest that 1 h of 60 Hz, 1,800 μT MF exposure may modulate human involuntary motor control without being detected in the cortical electrical activity.
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- A Legros
- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, St Joseph's Health Care, 268 Grosvenor St, London, ON N6A 4V2, Canada.
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McCarty DE, Carrubba S, Chesson AL, Frilot C, Gonzalez-Toledo E, Marino AA. Electromagnetic hypersensitivity: evidence for a novel neurological syndrome. Int J Neurosci 2011; 121:670-6. [PMID: 21793784 DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2011.608139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We sought direct evidence that acute exposure to environmental-strength electromagnetic fields (EMFs) could induce somatic reactions (EMF hypersensitivity). METHODS The subject, a female physician self-diagnosed with EMF hypersensitivity, was exposed to an average (over the head) 60-Hz electric field of 300 V/m (comparable with typical environmental-strength EMFs) during controlled provocation and behavioral studies. RESULTS In a double-blinded EMF provocation procedure specifically designed to minimize unintentional sensory cues, the subject developed temporal pain, headache, muscle twitching, and skipped heartbeats within 100 s after initiation of EMF exposure (p < .05). The symptoms were caused primarily by field transitions (off-on, on-off) rather than the presence of the field, as assessed by comparing the frequency and severity of the effects of pulsed and continuous fields in relation to sham exposure. The subject had no conscious perception of the field as judged by her inability to report its presence more often than in the sham control. DISCUSSION The subject demonstrated statistically reliable somatic reactions in response to exposure to subliminal EMFs under conditions that reasonably excluded a causative role for psychological processes. CONCLUSION EMF hypersensitivity can occur as a bona fide environmentally inducible neurological syndrome.
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- David E McCarty
- Department of Neurology, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130-3932, USA
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Frilot C, Carrubba S, Marino AA. Transient and steady-state magnetic fields induce increased fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the rat hindbrain. Synapse 2010; 65:617-23. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.20882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2010] [Accepted: 10/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Carrubba S, Frilot C, Chesson AL, Marino AA. Numerical analysis of recurrence plots to detect effect of environmental-strength magnetic fields on human brain electrical activity. Med Eng Phys 2010; 32:898-907. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2009] [Revised: 06/15/2010] [Accepted: 06/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Marino AA, Carrubba S, Frilot C, Chesson AL, Gonzalez-Toledo E. Simulated MR magnetic field induces steady-state changes in brain dynamics: Implications for interpretation of functional MR studies. Magn Reson Med 2010; 64:349-57. [PMID: 20665778 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We examined whether a magnetic field comparable to one of the fields produced during MRI induced steady-state changes in brain electrical activity while the field was applied (called a presence effect to distinguish it from evoked potentials). The electroencephalogram was measured from standard scalp locations in the presence and absence of 100-200 microT, 60 Hz, and the effect of the field was evaluated by nonlinear (recurrence analysis) and linear techniques; individual subjects served as their own controls. Using recurrence analysis, changes in brain activity lasting 1 sec (the longest interval considered) were found in 21 of 22 subjects (P < 0.05 for each subject). The presence effect was not detected using linear analysis and was reversible, as indicated by a return of brain activity to baseline levels in all subjects within 2 sec of field offset. The possible role of artifacts or systematic errors was ruled out by studies using electrical phantoms and by analyses of electroencephalograms recorded during sham exposure. It is reasonable to expect that actual scanner magnetic fields also produce nonlinear steady-state perturbations of brain dynamical activity. The effect may influence the picture of brain connectivity inferred in some functional MR studies.
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- Andrew A Marino
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
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Rebrov VG, Usanov DA, Usanov AD, Kotelevtsev SV, Orlov SN. Low-frequency magnetic radiation leads to the broadening of valent bonds in protein infrared spectra. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 18:121-3. [PMID: 20537876 DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2010.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2010] [Accepted: 04/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In recent years it has been discovered that a long-term exposure to low frequency magnetic fields leads to changes in activity of biological systems both in vivo and in vitro. Molecular mechanisms of this phenomenon are not clear. The present work uses infrared (IR) spectroscopy to study the effect of alternating magnetic field on a structural state of purified proteins. It was revealed that a 1-h exposure of aqueous solution of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and gluten isolated from wheat to 5.75Hz magnetic field with maximum amplitude of 25mTl resulted, respectively, in a ∼1.5- and 2-fold increase of the width of the band related to the vibrations of valent bonds in the range of 3500-2750cm(-1) (p<0.05). Unlike aqueous solutions, the desiccated BSA films did not exhibit any effect of magnetic field on parameters of IR-spectra. It is suggested, that low frequency magnetic fields induce the broadening of bands in IR spectra due to changes in structural organization of delocalized protein-bound water molecules thereby affecting macromolecules and related cell reactions.
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- V G Rebrov
- Department of Solid Physics, Faculty of Nano- and Biomedical Technology, N.G. Chernyshevski Saratov State University, Russia
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Augner C, Hacker GW, Jekel I. Geopathic Stress Zones: Short-Term Effects on Work Performance and Well-Being? J Altern Complement Med 2010; 16:657-61. [DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Christoph Augner
- IGGMB–Research Institute for Frontier Questions of Medicine and Biotechnology, Landeskrankenhaus Salzburg, University Clinics of the Paracelsus Medical Private University, Salzburg Federal Clinics (SALK), Salzburg, Austria
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- IGGMB–Research Institute for Frontier Questions of Medicine and Biotechnology, Landeskrankenhaus Salzburg, University Clinics of the Paracelsus Medical Private University, Salzburg Federal Clinics (SALK), Salzburg, Austria
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MARINO ANDREWA, CARRUBBA SIMONA. The Effects of Mobile-Phone Electromagnetic Fields on Brain Electrical Activity: A Critical Analysis of the Literature. Electromagn Biol Med 2009; 28:250-74. [DOI: 10.3109/15368370902918912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Carrubba S, Frilot C, Chesson AL, Marino AA. Mobile-phone pulse triggers evoked potentials. Neurosci Lett 2009; 469:164-8. [PMID: 19961898 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.11.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2009] [Revised: 10/27/2009] [Accepted: 11/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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If mobile-phone electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are hazardous, as suggested in the literature, processes or mechanisms must exist that allow the body to detect the fields. We hypothesized that the low-frequency pulses produced by mobile phones (217 Hz) were detected by sensory transduction, as evidenced by the ability of the pulses to trigger evoked potentials (EPs). Electroencephalograms (EEGs) were recorded from six standard locations in 20 volunteers and analyzed to detect brain potentials triggered by a pulse of the type produced by mobile phones. Evoked potentials having the expected latency were found in 90% of the volunteers, as assessed using a nonlinear method of EEG analysis. Evoked potentials were not detected when the EEG was analyzed using time averaging. The possibility of systematic error was excluded by sham-exposure analyses. The results implied that mobile-phones trigger EP at the rate of 217 Hz during ordinary phone use. Chronic production of the changes in brain activity might be pertinent to the reports of health hazards among mobile-phone users.
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- Simona Carrubba
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, USA
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Mobile phones exposure induces changes of contingent negative variation in humans. Neurosci Lett 2009; 464:79-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.08.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2009] [Revised: 08/01/2009] [Accepted: 08/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Carrubba S, Marino AA. The Effects of Low-Frequency Environmental-Strength Electromagnetic Fields on Brain Electrical Activity: A Critical Review of the Literature. Electromagn Biol Med 2009; 27:83-101. [DOI: 10.1080/15368370802088758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Simona Carrubba
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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Frilot C, Carrubba S, Marino AA. Magnetosensory function in rats: Localization using positron emission tomography. Synapse 2009; 63:421-8. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.20619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Marino AA, Carrubba S, Frilot C, Chesson AL. Evidence that transduction of electromagnetic field is mediated by a force receptor. Neurosci Lett 2009; 452:119-23. [PMID: 19383425 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.01.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2008] [Revised: 01/06/2009] [Accepted: 01/21/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Low-strength magnetic fields triggered onset and offset evoked potentials, indicating that the detection process was a form of sensory transduction; whether the field interacted directly with an ion channel or indirectly via a signaling cascade is unknown. By analogy with electrosensory transduction in lower life forms, we hypothesized that the evoked potentials were initiated by a force exerted by the induced electric field on an ion channel in the plasma membrane. We applied a rapid magnetic stimulus (0.2 ms) and found that it produced evoked potentials indistinguishable in latency, magnitude, and frequency from those found previously when the stimulus was 50 times slower. The ability of the field-detection system in human subjects to respond to the rapid stimulus supported the theory that the receptor potentials necessary for production of evoked potentials originated from a direct interaction between the field and an ion channel in the plasma membrane that resulted in a change in the average probability of the channel to be in the open state.
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- Andrew A Marino
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 33932, 1501 Kings Hwy., Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, United States.
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Blackman C. Cell phone radiation: Evidence from ELF and RF studies supporting more inclusive risk identification and assessment. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 2009; 16:205-16. [PMID: 19264460 DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2009.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2009] [Revised: 02/03/2009] [Accepted: 02/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Many national and international exposure standards for maximum radiation exposure from the use of cell phone and other similar portable devices are ultimately based on the production of heat particularly in regions of the head, that is, thermal effects (TE). The recent elevation in some countries of the allowable exposure, that is, averaging the exposure that occurs in a 6min period over 10g of tissue rather than over 1g allows for greater heating in small portions of the 10-g volume compared to the exposure that would be allowed averaged over 1-g volume. There is concern that 'hot' spots, that is, momentary higher intensities, could occur in portions of the 10-g tissue piece, might have adverse consequences, particularly in brain tissue. There is another concern about exposure to cell phone radiation that has been virtually ignored except for the National Council of Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) advice given in a publication in 1986 [National Council for Radiation Protection and Measurements, Biological Effects and Exposure Criteria for Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields, National Council for Radiation Protection and Measurements, 1986, 400 pp.]. This NCRP review and guidance explicitly acknowledge the existence of non-thermal effects (NTE), and included provisions for reduced maximum-allowable limits should certain radiation characteristics occur during the exposure. If we are to take most current national and international exposure standards as completely protective of thermal injury for acute exposure only (6min time period) then the recent evidence from epidemiological studies associating increases in brain and head cancers with increased cell phone use per day and per year over 8-12 years, raises concerns about the possible health consequences on NTE first acknowledged in the NCRP 1986 report [National Council for Radiation Protection and Measurements, Biological Effects and Exposure Criteria for Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields, National Council for Radiation Protection and Measurements, 1986, 400 pp.]. This paper will review some of the salient evidence that demonstrates the existence of NTE and the exposure complexities that must be considered and understood to provide appropriate, more thorough evaluation and guidance for future studies and for assessment of potential health consequences. Unfortunately, this paper is necessary because most national and international reviews of the research area since the 1986 report [National Council for Radiation Protection and Measurements, Biological Effects and Exposure Criteria for Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields, National Council for Radiation Protection and Measurements, 1986, 400 pp.] have not included scientists with expertise in NTE, or given appropriate attention to their requests to include NTE in the establishment of public-health-based radiation exposure standards. Thus, those standards are limited because they are not comprehensive.
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Carrubba S, Frilot C, Chesson AL, Marino AA. Method for detection of changes in the EEG induced by the presence of sensory stimuli. J Neurosci Methods 2008; 173:41-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2008] [Revised: 05/13/2008] [Accepted: 05/14/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Carrubba S, Frilot C, Chesson AL, Webber CL, Zbilut JP, Marino AA. Magnetosensory evoked potentials: Consistent nonlinear phenomena. Neurosci Res 2008; 60:95-105. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2007] [Revised: 09/26/2007] [Accepted: 10/01/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Carrubba S, Frilot C, Chesson AL, Marino AA. Nonlinear EEG activation evoked by low-strength low-frequency magnetic fields. Neurosci Lett 2007; 417:212-6. [PMID: 17350168 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.02.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2006] [Revised: 02/07/2007] [Accepted: 02/15/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Recent electrophysiological evidence suggested the existence of a human magnetic sense, but the kind of dynamical law that governed the stimulus-response relationship was not established. We tested the hypothesis that brain potentials evoked by the onset of a weak, low-frequency magnetic field were nonlinearly related to the stimulus. A field of 1G, 60 Hz was applied for 2s, with a 5s inter-stimulus period, and brain potentials were recorded from occipital electrodes in eight subjects, each of whom were measured twice, with at least 1 week between measurements. The recorded signals were subjected to nonlinear (recurrence analysis) and linear (time averaging) analyses. Using recurrence analysis, magnetosensory evoked potentials (MEPs) were detected in each subject in both the initial and replicate studies, with one exception. All MEPs exhibited the expected latency but differed in dynamical characteristics, indicating that they were nonlinearly related to the stimulus. MEPs were not detected using time averaging, thereby further confirming their nonlinearity. Evolutionarily conditioned structures that help mediate linear field-transduction in lower life forms may be expressed and functionally utilized in humans, but in a role where they facilitate vulnerability to man-made environmental fields.
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Affiliation(s)
- Simona Carrubba
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, USA
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