Abstract—The mechanism of the resonance effect of microwave radiation on the brain of laboratory animals was revealed. It was established that microwave radiation releases tryptophan molecules, initiating a multistage process of phase transformations of albumin molecules, namely, a three-stage conformational transition of the albumin globule to the coiled state. Free tryptophan that penetrates into the brain with the cerebrospinal fluid flow through the Virchow–Robin space, increases the production of serotonin in the neural network of the brain by affecting serotonergic receptors.
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Abbreviations: UHF, ultrahigh frequencies; PT, phase transition.
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Shadrin, E.B., Samoilov, V.O., Ilinskiy, A.V. et al. A Mechanism For the Influence of Microwave Radiation on Serotonergic Receptors in the Brain. BIOPHYSICS 64, 626–631 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350919040183
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