title: Exposure to mobile phone radiation opens new horizons in Alzheimer's disease treatment.
abstract: Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia and a progressive neurodegenerative disease, occurs when the nerve cells in the brain die. Although there are medications that can help delay the development of Alzheimer's disease, there is currently no cure for this disease. Exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation may cause adverse health effects such as cancer.  Looking at the other side of the coin, there are reports indicating stimulatory or beneficial effects after exposure to cell phone radiofrequency radiation. Mortazavi et al. have previously reported some beneficial cognitive effects such as decreased reaction time after human short-term exposure to cell phone radiation or occupational exposure to radar microwave radiation. On the other hand, some recent reports have indicated that RF radiation may have a role in protecting against cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease. Although the majority of these data come from animal studies that cannot be easily extrapolated to humans, it can be concluded that this memory enhancing approach may open new horizons in treatment of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer disease.
authors.affiliation: Medical Student, Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Sar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mortazavi
authors.affiliation: The Center for Research on Protection against Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mb
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shojaei-Fard
authors.affiliation: The Center for Research on Protection against Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haghani
authors.affiliation: Professor, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shokrpour
authors.affiliation: The Center for Research on Protection against Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran ; Professor of Medical Physics, Medical Physics and Medical Engineering Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Smj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mortazavi
keywords: Alzheimer; Microwave; Mobile Phone; Non-Ionizing Radiation; Radiofrequency (RF)