On the significance of the time constants of magnetic field sensitivity in animals

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-237

  Fuller, Mike ^a   Dobson, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calmodulin; Magnetite; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETITE;

BIOGENIC MAGNETITE; DOWN-STREAM; EARTH MAGNETIC FIELDS; EARTH'S FIELD; FIELD SENSITIVITY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMAN STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSITIVITY; TIME-CONSTANTS; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ARGININE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; DANTROLENE; MAGNETITE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 16244406202     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20102     Document Type: Article

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