Are neuronal activity-associated magnetic fields the physical base for memory?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 555-559

  Banaclocha, M A M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ION TRANSPORT; MAGNETISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; MAGNETICS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS;

EID: 0036838431     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00237-2     Document Type: Article

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