Magnetic compass in the cornea: Local anaesthesia impairs orientation in a mammal

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 4747-4750

  Wegner, Regina E ^a   Begall, Sabine ^a   Burda, Hynek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathyergidae; Cornea; Magnetic compass orientation; Magnetite; Mole rat; Sensory transduction

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORNEA; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAGNETISM; MOLE RAT; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CORNEA; LIDOCAINE; MAGNETICS; MOLE RATS; ORIENTATION;

BATHYERGIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845962766     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02573     Document Type: Article

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