Magnetohydrodynamic wave resonance and the evocation of epileptiform activity by millitesla DC magnetic fields

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 99-104

  Alvager, Torsten ^a   Moga, Margaret M ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Magnetohydrodynamics; Static magnetic field

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031171468     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459709000629     Document Type: Article

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