Directed Energy Non-lethal Weapons
Abstract
This basic research initiative has been an ongoing interdisciplinary effort to lay the foundation for developing, novel effective and safe non-lethal technologies that alter skeletal muscle contraction and/or neural functioning (i.e., neurosecretion) via radiofrequency (RF)/microwave (MW) electromagnetic radiation. Major accomplishments included 1) completion of studies examining the effect of 1 to 6 GHz MW fields on catecholamine release from chromaffin cells and 2) completion of studies on the effect of 0.75 to 1 GHz RF fields on skeletal muscle contraction, using in each study fixed frequencies and frequency sweep paradigms. A newer research effort aimed at examining the effects of nanosecond electric pulses of high intensity on neurosecretory chromaffin cells and elucidating the mechanism of interaction has been expanded, with very promising and exciting results being generated. Over the course of the funding period, the research was presented at four international meetings and has resulted in one doctoral dissertation, two peer-reviewed papers, one manuscript under review, and two manuscripts that are close to being submitted.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 16, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA565378
Entities
People
- Gale L. Craviso
- Indira Chatterjee
Organizations
- University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine