[Mechanism of the effect of nonionizing radiation on animals at the level of sensory systems]. / K voprosu o mekhanizmakh deistviia neioniziruiushchikh izluchenii s zhivym organizmom na urovne sensornykh sistem.

In three series of experiments on mice (CBA X C57BL)F1 and Wistar rats a study was made of the effect of microwaves (0.9 GGz, 0.4 mW/cm2, 10 min) on the EEG reaction of adopting the photostimulation rhythm by rats; the effect of microwaves (0.6 GGZ, 0.04 mW/cm2, 5 min) and gamma-quanta (60Co, 0.5 Gy) on the reaction of avoiding by mice of cooled surfaces, and the effect of microwaves (9.8 GGz, 0.04 mW/cm2, 5 min) on the reaction of avoiding the water pool. The results obtained are discussed with regard to the hypothesis that the biological effects of weak microwave radiation may be realized at the nervous system level via cutaneous ceptors.