Electromagnetic radiation and Alzheimer’s disease

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Table 1. Beneficial and harmful effects of electromagnetic field in terms of AD.

Frequency	Topic	Results	References
Mobile radio technology	Effect of RF radiation on some health conditions including Alzheimer's disease and dementia	Clear judgment cannot be made for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia	Nieden et al. [7]
Mobile phone	Effect of mobile phone exposure on apoptotic glial cells and the status of oxidative stress	Alteration of final score for apoptosis, total antioxidant capacity and catalase activity in brain	Dasdag et al. [26]
Mobile phone	Link between the exposure to RF fields and Alzheimer's disease	Increase in serum transthyretin (TTR)	Söderqvist et al. [27, 49]
Mobile phone	Relation between RF radiation and Alzheimer's disease	Beneficial effect on Alzheimer's disease	Arendash et al. [29]
Mobile phone	Relation between RF radiation and Alzheimer's disease	Beneficial effect on Alzheimer's disease	Banaceur et al. [30]
Radiofrequency	Relation between RF radiation and neurodegenerative diseases	Controlled RF exposure could be used as a potential strategy for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases	Mesiti et al. [31]
Low-dose radiation (10 cGy)	Relation between low-dose radiation and Alzheimer's disease	Cognitive dysfunctions seen in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease	Lowe et al. [32]
Low and high doses of ionizing radiation	Relation between ionizing radiation and Alzheimer's disease	Triggers cognitive molecular mechanisms and increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease	Begum et al. [33]
ELF magnetic field	Relation between long-term significant occupational exposure and Alzheimer's disease	Triggers the risk of Alzheimer's disease, causing increased production of amyloid-beta and decreased production of melatonin	Davanipour and Sobel [34]
ELF electric and magnetic fields	Relation between ELF electric and magnetic fields and Alzheimer's disease	Significant risk of Alzheimer's disease	Garcia et al. [38]
ELF magnetic field	Mortality from neurodegenerative diseases of the residents living near power lines	Magnetic field exposure plays a role in Alzheimer's disease	Huss et al. [39]
Low-frequency electromagnetic field exposure	Relation between exposure of train drivers and AD	Train drivers had a 3.15 times hazard ratio of developing Alzheimer's disease compared to station masters	Roosli et al. [40]
2.4 GHz Wi-Fi exposure	Relation between RF exposure and microRNAs in brain	Long-term exposure of 2.4 GHz RF may play a role in causing adverse effects such as neurodegenerative diseases originating from the altered expression of some microRNAs	Dasdag et al. [41]
900 MHz RF exposure	Relation between RF and beta-amyloid protein, protein carbonyl and malondialdehyde in brain	Higher level of Beta-amyloid protein, protein carbonyl (PC) and malondialdehyde; only PC found statistically significant	Dasdag et al. [47]

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