Diatom motility and low frequency electromagnetic fields - A new technique in the search for independent replication of results

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 94-100

  Clarkson, N ^a,c   Davies, M S ^a   Dixey, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphora coffeaeformis; Calcium concentration; Image analysis; Resonance

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ALTERNATING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; AMPHORA COFFEAEFORMIS; CA 2+; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CALCIUM IONS; EXTRACELLULAR; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MARINE DIATOMS; TEST APPARATUS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

AMPHORA COFFEAEFORMIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA;

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; DIATOM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VIDEORECORDING;

CALCIUM; CELL COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; DIATOMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; RADIATION DOSAGE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0032605567     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1999)20:2<94::AID-BEM3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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