Operations and Management of Government Owned - Contractor Operated Microwave Exposure Facility. Volume 3. Physiological Responses Evoked in Mice by High Power Microwave Pulses
Abstract
The investigator's primary objective was to determine whether bursts of narrow pulse width, high intensity microwaves of low average power, would have different effects on the brain than would continuous wave (CW) exposures yielding equivalent average SAR values. Two rather different approaches for ascertaining the neurophysiological response to patterned (pulsed) microwaves were followed. In one experiment, mice were exposed to single bursts of pulsed microwaves with sufficient energy to produce clear after effects, reduced activity, or 'hypokinesis'. In the other experiment, each mouse was exposed sequentially to various microwave pulse bursts or CW radiation of substantially less energy, and the threshold for 'evoking' motor response (body movements) is ascertained. Keywords: Radiation effects.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 28, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA197116
Entities
People
- Chuck Gambrill
- Dennis Brown
- Frank S. Bates
- Howard Bassen
- Howard Wachtel