Evidence mapPaperPMID 40144805Full record

ArticleFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2025

The CB1R of mPFC is involved in anxiety-like behavior induced by 0.8/2.65 GHz dual-frequency electromagnetic radiation.

Bin Sun, Teng Xue, An-Ning Gao, Xin-Yu Wang, Shuang Wu, Xiao-Man Liu, Li-Hui Zhang, Meng-Hua Li, Dong-Fang Zou, Yan Gao and 1 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Bin Sun *Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
Teng Xue *Department of Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
An-Ning GaoBeijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
Xin-Yu WangBeijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
Shuang WuBeijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
Xiao-Man LiuBeijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
Li-Hui ZhangBeijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
Meng-Hua LiBeijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
Dong-Fang ZouBeijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yan GaoCenter of Cognition and Brain Science, Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Chang-Zhen WangBeijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As mobile phones and communication base stations become more widespread, concerns have arisen regarding the potential risks of environmental exposure to multi-frequency electromagnetic radiation (EMR) and its effects on mental health. To address these concerns, our study established a dual-frequency EMR mouse model at 0.8/2.65 GHz to explore potential molecular mechanisms and intervention targets. Our results revealed that exposure to this dual-frequency EMR significantly induced anxiety-like behavior in mice. Molecular experiments further showed a significant decrease in cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1R) levels in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) of the mice, along with a notable reduction in the endogenous cannabinoids 2-arachidonoylglycerol and anandamide. This led to a downregulation of the entire endocannabinoid system (ECS). Additional confirmation was obtained by overexpressing and knocking down CB1R in the mPFC. We found that increasing mPFC CB1R levels could effectively reduce anxiety-like behavior, while decreasing mPFC CB1R levels exacerbated it. Furthermore, we found dual-frequency EMR induced the change of ECS in the basolateral amygdala (BLA). Notably, female mice exhibited similar behavioral phenotypes and molecular mechanisms in response to dual-frequency EMR. In summary, our study demonstrates that anxiety induced by dual-frequency EMR is closely linked to the function of the ECS in the mPFC and BLA, and that CB1R expression in the mPFC plays a significant role in modulating emotional behavior in mice.

Indexed as

amygdaloid nucleusanxiety-like behaviorcannabinoid receptor type 1endocannabinoid systemmedial prefrontal cortex

Identifiers

PMID40144805
PMCPMC11937075

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.