ID Number		198
Study Type		In Vivo
Model		Ultra wide band exposure to rats and analysis of teratogenicity and development
Details		Sprague Dawley rats (pregnant dams) were exposed for 2 minutes daily to UWB radiation on gestation days 3-18 at an SAR of 0.045 W/kg. Some of the pups were additionally exposed through 10 days post-gestation. Pups were tested on many different performance measures (locomotor, water maze learning, and fertilization capabilities). In addition, hippocampal morphology and operant behavior were analyzed. The authors report no overall physiological or behavioral effects that appeared to be consistently affected as a result of UWB exposure. Observations of increased stress vocalizations, increased medial to lateral hippocampal length, and decreased mating frequency were suggested to be "due to expected spurious results derived when a large number of statistical comparisons are made" and were not thought to indicate an overall biological effect of the UWB exposure.
Findings		No Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Brooks AFB, USA
Funding Agency		AF, USA
Country		UNITED STATES
References		Cobb, BL et al. Bioelectromagnetics, (2000) 21:524-537
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