Electromagnetic fields of cellular communication as risk factors able to produce negative effects on the central nervous system of children and adolescents (review). Part 1. Modeling. parameters of electroencephalography and sensorimotor reactions

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N.I. Khorseva1, P.E. Grigoriev2

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1Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Kosygina St., Moscow, 119334, Russian Federation
2Sevastopol State University, 33 Universitetskaya St., Sevastopol, 299053, Russian Federation

Abstract: 

It is quite relevant to investigate possible outcomes of exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF) since contemporary children and adolescents have become active users of the most advanced technologies. They are especially susceptible to electromagnetic factors; therefore, it is necessary to have a proper insight into outcomes of such exposures for the body.

The central nervous system (CNS) is one of the main targets under exposure to RF EMF. In most cases, users hold mobile phones close to their heads thereby directly exposing their brains to RF EMF.

As the analysis of literature data has shown, there are few studies in this area; however, proposed options for assessing the impact of RF EMF on children and adolescents are very diverse.

This part of the review focuses on various types of modeling. These are not only phantom, voxel models or the finite difference method but also new approaches such as distribution matrices, Monte Carlo simulations and an integrated radio frequency model based on the results of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and other methods.

The review provides the results obtained by investigating encephalography under exposure to RF EMF created by mobile communication devices. They are rather contradictory; however, changes in the bioelectrical activity of the brain are detected in most cases, in particular, a decrease in the alpha rhyme.

Since the characteristics of sensorimotor reactions quite clearly reflect the power relations in the cerebral cortex, we analyzed changes in the parameters of simple auditory-motor and visual-motor reactions in children and adolescents who were mobile communication users. In addition, the review covers the results of changes in working capacity, fatigue, the duration of an individual minute and the reproduction of a given rhythm.

Keywords: 
radio frequency electromagnetic field, central nervous system, modeling, electroencephalography, psychophysiological indicators, children, adolescents, risk factor
Khorseva N.I., Grigoriev P.E. Electromagnetic fields of cellular communication as risk factors able to produce negative ef-fects on the central nervous system of children and adolescents (review). Part 1. Modeling. Parameters of electroencephalo-graphy and sensorimotor reactions. Health Risk Analysis, 2024, no. 2, pp. 162–169. DOI: 10.21668/health.risk/2024.2.15.eng
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Received: 
24.09.2023
Approved: 
31.05.2024
Accepted for publication: 
20.06.2024

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