A mechanism for action of oscillating electric fields on cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 634-640

  Panagopoulos, Dimitris J ^a   Messini, Niki ^a   Karabarbounis, Andreas ^a   Philippetis, Alexandros L ^a   Margaritis, Lukas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Action mechanism; Biological effects; Ions' forced vibration; Oscillating electric fields

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ION; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034674331     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2746     Document Type: Article

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