Leif G. Salford
Depts of Neurosurgery

Arne E. Brun
Neuropathology

Jacob L. Eberhardt, Bertil R.R. Persson
Medical Radiation Physics

Lars Malmgren,
Applied Electronics

Lund University, the Rausing Laboratory and Lund University Hospital, S-22185, Lund, Sweden.

Abstract
The possible risks of radio-frequent electromagnetic fields for the human body, is a growing concern for the society. We have earlier shown that weak pulsed microwaves give rise to a significant leakage of albumin through the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Now we have investigated whether a pathological leakage over the BBB might be combined with damage to the neurons. Three groups of each 8 rats were exposed for 2 hours to GSM mobile phone electromagnetic fields of different strengths. We found, and present here for the first time, highly significant (p<0.002) evidence for neuronal damage in both the cortex, the hippocampus and the basal ganglia in the brains of exposed rats.