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10407518

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
New non-ionizing pulsed systems using ultrawideband (UWB) require safety assessment before they can be used by either military or civilian communities. The development of directed energy weaponry intended for use against electronically vulnerable targets, as well as ground-probing radar systems, have used fast-rise-time high-peak-power electromagnetic pulses characteristic of UWB emitters. It has been postulated that these ultrashort pulses might produce electromagnetic transients resulting in tissue damage. Several challenges to this notion have been posed, however. One report found that rats exposed to UWB after receiving a convulsant drug tended toward longer latency to the onset of convulsions than the no-exposure group. Although not statistically significant, the presence of this trend prompted the present study. An ED99 dose of the convulsant pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) or saline was given just before UWB or sham exposure and resultant seizure activity was recorded. The data from the current study show no effect of UWB exposure on PTZ-induced seizure activity, thereby not supporting the tissue damage concerns, at least for the exposure parameters used here.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0197-8462
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
327-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Ultrawideband radiation and pentylenetetrazol-induced convulsions in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
USAF Research Laboratory, Brooks AFB, Texas 78235-5234, USA. stephanie.miller@aloer.brooks.af.mil
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article