Cellular effects of terahertz waves.

Significance: An increasing interest in the area of biological effects at exposure of tissues and cells to the terahertz (THz) radiation is driven by a rapid progress in THz biophotonics, observed during the past decades. Despite the attractiveness of THz technology for medical diagnosis and therapy, there is still quite limited knowledge about safe limits of THz exposure. Different modes of THz exposure of tissues and cells, including continuous-wave versus pulsed radiation, various powers, and number and duration of exposure cycles, ought to be systematically studied.

Prenatal effects of peat combustion products and afobazole correction thereof in the rat progeny.

Female outbred albino rats were daily subjected to forced inhalations of peat smoke (4 cores packed with a mixture of peat (70%) and wood pulp (30%); 0.46 g, pH ≥ 5.5) per se and in combination with oral afobazole (anxiolytic) on days 1-20 of pregnancy.

[Terahertz radiation influence on stressed Drosophila life span].

Virgin fruit fly females and males were stressed by placement into a confined space without food for 3 hours. Part of stressed flies were subjected to terahertz irradiation (0.1-2.

[Terahertz radiation influence on number and development dynamics of offspring F1 of fruit fly females under stress].

Virgin fruit fly females were stressed by placement into a confined space without food for 2.5 hours. Some flies were subjected to terahertz radiation (0.

[Survival and life span of Drosophila melanogaster in response to terahertz radiation].

Life span control is realized by an interaction of many genetic factors with environment. Due to development of new modern technologies based on non-ionized terahertz radiation (0,1-10 THz) the investigation of this radiation influence on living organisms becomes actual. In our study terahertz radiation effects on survival and life span of Oregon R line of Drosophila meanogaster were multidirectional depending on the age of the insects.