The Effects of Microwave Radiation on Microtubules and Axonal Transport

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Abstract
Microwave radiation has a variety of effects on man and experimental animals. The search for a common factor in these effects has suggested the action of the radiation on the subcellular structure microtubules as such as factor. Hence the effect of 3.1 GHz pulsed microwave radiation on the chemical and functional properties of microtubules in vitro were studied. The biological materials were obtained from albino rabbits. The binding of colchicine in brain extracts, the polymerization of microtubules in brain extracts and the transport of proteins in the vagus nerve during microwave irradiation were investigated. The absorbed power density was carefully determined and the temperature was kept within permissible limits. No effect of the radiation could be detected at absorbed power densities lower than 4 .times. 105 W/m3 (mean).

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