Long-term memory in brain magnetite

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 254-257

  Martínez Banaclocha, Marcos Arturo ^a   Bókkon, István ^b   Banaclocha, Helios Martínez ^c  

^a HOSPITAL LLUÍS ALCANYÍS   (Spain)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETITE; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX;

EID: 72449202608     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.09.024     Document Type: Article

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