A hypothetical mathematical construct explaining the mechanism of biological amplification in an experimental model utilizing picoTesla (PT) electromagnetic fields

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 821-839

  Saxena, Anjali ^a   Jacobson, Jerry ^b   Yamanashi, William ^b   Scherlag, Benjamin ^c   Lamberth, John ^d   Saxena, Brij ^e  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Perspectivism Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GAP JUNCTION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0037410274     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00011-2     Document Type: Review

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