02.24.11
Cellphones Affect the Brain.. Just Don’t Know How
Check out this article discussing how cell phone usage elevates glucose levels in the brain (near the cell phone).
According to the study, the area of the brain closest to the cell phone’s antenna elevated its glucose metabolism – which is a form of measuring brain cell activity – due to the electromagnetic field emitted by the phone in those regions.
“Although we cannot determine the clinical significance, our results give evidence that the human brain is sensitive to the effects of radiofrequency-electromagnetic fields from acute cell phone exposures,” said Nora Volkow, MD, MD, of the National Institutes of Health and the study’s lead author.