Architectural organisation of neuronal activity-associated magnetic fields: A hypothesis for memory

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 481-484

  Banaclocha, Marcos Arturo Martínez ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

^b Valencia Spain ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HYPOTHESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MAGNETICS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 3342955641     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2003.11.038     Document Type: Article

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