Piezoelectricity in the human pineal gland

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-195

  Lang, Sidney B ^a   Marino, Andrew A ^b   Berkovic, Garry ^c   Fowler, Marjorie ^b   Abreo, Kenneth D ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Calcification; Crystals; Electromagnetic fields; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Second harmonic generation (SHG)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; HORMONES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

HUMAN PINEAL GLAND; HYDROXYAPATITE; MELATONIN SECRETION; NONCENTROSYMMETRIC CRYSTALS;

TISSUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PINEAL BODY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030477093     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(96)05147-1     Document Type: Article

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