Evaluation of Mice Brain Reactions after Nanosecond Microwave Pulses Using c-fos Expression
The effect of a nanosecond repetitively-pulsed microwave (PPMR, pulse repetition frequency 6, 13, and 16 Hz, peak power density 1500 W/cm2) on mouse brain structures was investigated. The effect was assessed by arousal in neuronal structures with c-fos proteins as a marker of neuronal activation. It has been found that neuronal activation in hypothalamus and reticular formation increases after irradiation, and it does not change in motor cortex. The effect depends on the pulse repetition frequency.