Light-Dependent and -Independent Behavioral Effects of Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Fields in a Land Snail Are Consistent with a Parametric Resonance Mechanism

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 284-291

  Prato, Frank S ^a,c,e   Kavaliers, Martin ^a,b   Cullen, Anthony P ^d   Thomas, Alex W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation of opioid analgaesia; Biological effects of elf magnetic fields; Light dependent magnetic field effects

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCS;

ATTENUATION OF OPIOID ANALGAESIA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF ELF MAGNETIC FIELD; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ELF MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT-DEPENDENT MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECT; MAGNETIC-FIELD EFFECTS; OPIOIDS; PARAMETRIC RESONANCE; RESONANCE MECHANISM;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEAT; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; DARKNESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAT; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; PAIN; SNAILS;

EID: 0030633959     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1997)18:3<284::AID-BEM13>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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