Effect of a 60 Hz magnetic field on the behavior of paramecium

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 584-588

  Nakaoka, Yasuo ^a   Shimizu, Kikuo ^a   Hasegawa, Kenji ^b   Yamamoto, Takayoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ELF magnetic field; Gravitaxis; Paramecium; Swimming behavior; Transient behavior change

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

BEHAVIOUR CHANGES; ELF MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXPOSED TO; GRAVITAXIS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PARAMECIUM; SWIMMING BEHAVIOURS; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR CHANGE; VERTICAL FIELDS;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM MULTIMICRONUCLEATUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PARAMECIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MOVEMENT; PARAMECIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034571594     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-186X(200012)21:8<584::AID-BEM4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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