Avian magnetite-based magnetoreception: A physiologist's perspective

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Cadiou, Hervé ^a,b   McNaughton, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Magnetite; Magnetoreception; Mechanosensitive ion channels; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOMAGNETISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; DIRECTION FINDING; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRIC SIGNAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECORDINGS; MAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS; MAGNETORECEPTION; MECHANOSENSITIVE ION CHANNELS; SENSORY CELLS; SINGLE DOMAINS; SUPERPARAMAGNETICS; TRANSDUCTION MECHANISM; TRIGEMINAL NERVES;

MAGNETITE;

MAGNETITE;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETORECEPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTORECEPTOR POTENTIAL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; REVIEW; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HUMANS; LIGHT; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950116788     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0423.focus     Document Type: Review

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