Millimeter Waves Thermally Alter the Firing Rate of the Lymnaea Pacemaker Neuron

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-98

  Alekseev, S I ^a   Ziskin, M C ^b   Kochetkova, N V ^a   Bolshakov, M A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Millimeter waves; Mollusc neuron; Pacemaker activity

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; MICROELECTRODES; MOLLUSCS; NEURONS; RADIATORS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

FIRING RATES; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; MICROELECTRODE TECHNIQUE; MILLIMETER-WAVE (MM-WAVE); MOLLUSC NEURON; PACEMAKER ACTIVITY; PACEMAKER NEURONS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TEMPERATURE ELEVATION; TEMPERATURE RISE;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; LYMNAEA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LYMNAEA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROWAVES; NEURONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030632104     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1997)18:2<89::AID-BEM1>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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