Magnetic storage of information in the human cerebral cortex: A hypothesis for memory

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-337

  Martínez Banaclocha, Marcos Arturo ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astroglia network; Cerebral cortex; Memory; Minicolumn; Neuronal magnetic field

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MACROGLIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS;

EID: 14644397298     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450590520939     Document Type: Review

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