(PACE 2011; 34:1161-1176)”
“Purpose: The World Health Organisation proposed an investigation concerning Y-27632 order the exposure of animals to radiofrequency fields because of the possible risk factor for health. At power frequencies there

is evidence to associate both childhood leukaemia and brain tumours with magnetic field exposures. There is also evidence of the effect of mobile phone exposure on both cognitive functions and the cerebellum. Purkinje cells of the cerebellum are also sensitive to high dose microwave exposure in rats. The present study investigated the effect of exposure to mobile phone on the number of Purkinje and granule neurons in the developing cerebellum.

Material and methods: Male and female Swiss albino mice were housed as control and mobile phone-exposed groups. Pregnant animals in the experimental group were

Ispinesib exposed to Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) mobile phone radiation at 890-915 MHz at 0.95 W/Kg specific absorption rate (SAR). The cerebella were processed by frozen microtome. The sections obtained were stained with Haematoxylin-eosin and cresyl violet. For cell counting by the optical fractionator method, a pilot study was firstly performed. Cerebellar areas were analysed by using Axiovision software running on a personal computer. The optical dissectors were systematically spaced at random, and focused to the widest profile of the neuron cell nucleus.

Results: A significant decrease in the number of Purkinje cells and a tendency for granule cells to increase in cerebellum was found.

Conclusion: Further studies in this area are needed due to the popular use of mobile telephones and relatively high exposure on developing brain.”
“The evolution of martensitic to austenitic transformation in Ni50Mn37Sb13 has been studied using temperature dependent neutron diffraction, thermal property, and magnetization studies. Differential scanning calorimetric studies reveal a martensitic transformation T-M around 291 K. The magnetization data

yield a ferromagnetic ordering temperature of 329 K in the austenitic phase and 230 K in the martensitic phase. The analysis of the powder neutron diffraction data in the temperature range of 325-12 K indicates a structural transition Proteasomal inhibitor from a high temperature cubic L2(1) type structure to an orthorhombic structure. At 270 K, both cubic and orthorhombic phases coexist. Anisotropic unit cell changes are observed at the martensitic transformation: The unit cell expands by about 1.5% along the a axis, by about 2.5% along the c axis, and compresses by about 4.28% along the b axis. Both cubic and orthorhombic phases show commensurate collinear ferromagnetic ordering with a magnetic moment of similar to 3.67 mu(B)/Mn in Mn (2a and 2f) sites. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.