Research review of the past year (2004-05)

b.veyret@enscpb.fr

Scope

• All frequency ranges• Laboratory investigations on cellular,

animal and human models• No epidemiology• No hypersensitivity

Static: animals

• Hypertensive rats

Static: animals

• Bird navigation: RPM

ELF: humans

• PEMF

ELF: humans

• Cognitive functions

ELF: cells

• PEMF: neurite outgrowth

ELF:cells

• DNA damage

ELF: cells

• Review on genotox

RF: humans

• Dosimetry

RF: humans

• Thermophysiology

RF: humans

• Cognitive functions

RF: humans

• Cognitivefunctions inChildren

RF: humans

• Cognitive functions

RF: humans

• EEG, rCBF,sleep

RF: animals

Rat bioassay

RF: animals

• Memory

RF: animals

• BBB: ongoing replications of the Salford et al. data on BBB leakage and “dark neurons”

• Pim1 transgenic mice lymphoma: Perform-A study negative

• DMBA-induced tumours: ?• Rat and mice bioassays: ?

RF: animals

• Melatonin

RF: cells

• Immune system

RF: cells

• DNA damage

RF: cells

• ODC activity (replication of the Litovoitz data): negative

• All data from the Perform B programme on genotoxicity negative

RF: cells

• Endocytosis

Conclusion

• Most of the WHO recommendations being addressed

• Continued improvement in the quality of exposure systems

• ca. half of lab investigations are replication studies

• increasing number of papers on therapy (e.g. ns electric pulses)