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The speedy progress of the global system for mobile communication services and the ensuing increased electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure to the human body have generated debate on the potential hazard with attentiveness to human health. The aim of this study is to provide a homogeneous distribution of electromagnetic field sources on our university campus and determine possible risk zones via the electromagnetic intensity maps drawn using the data to be obtained from the measurement results. It was determined how much electromagnetic intensity of the campus was under 4 different high frequencies (900, 1800, 2400, and 2600 MHz), which were determined using the geographic information system. Electromagnetic field measurements were performed at points where the topographic structure of the land allowed, at intervals of about 50 meters in the parts with building density inside the campus, and at intervals ranging between 100 and 120 meters in the open areas where there were no buildings, and geographical location information about the points where these measurements were made was specified with an accuracy of cm level. As a result, our measurement values are also below the limit values of the limit electromagnetic values determined by ICNIRP.

This study aimed to examine the impacts of extremely low-frequency (ELF)-electromagnetic field (EMF) on cognitive functions and analgesia in terms of total oxidant status (TOS) and total antioxidant status (TAS) in the experimental pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced epilepsy model. Twenty-four Wistar albino male rats were categorized into four groups: sham, EMF, PTZ, and EMF+PTZ. The rats were repeatedly exposed to alternating 50-Hz and 5-mT EMF for 165 min a day for 7 days. Epileptic seizures were induced with PTZ. The levels of oxidative stress markers were measured. Univariate multifactorial one-way analysis of variance and post hoc Tukey's test were used for pairwise comparisons between groups. A statistically significant difference was observed in the learning and short-term memory levels in the EMF + PTZ group compared with the PTZ group (p < 0.001). Analgesia latency statistically significantly increased in the ELF-EMF and ELF-EMF+PTZ groups compared with both the control and epilepsy groups (p < 0.001). A statistically significant increase in TOS was found in the prefrontal cortex in the PTZ group compared with the sham group (p < 0.001). Also, TOS statistically significantly increased in the hippocampus in both PTZ and ELF-EMF+ PTZ groups compared with the sham group (p < 0.001). ELF-EMF decreased the increased TOS in the hippocampus of rats in the PTZ group.