A quantitative assessment of torque-transducer models for magnetoreception

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Winklhofer, Michael ^a   Kirschvink, Joseph L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic magnetite; Cytoskeleton; Magnetic orientation; Mechanosensitive ion channels; Otolith; Radical pairs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOMAGNETISM; IONS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TORQUE; TRANSDUCERS;

BIOGENIC MAGNETITE; CYTOSKELETONS; MAGNETIC ORIENTATION; MECHANOSENSITIVE ION CHANNELS; OTOLITH; RADICAL PAIR;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

MAGNETITE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETORECEPTION; PHOTORECEPTOR POTENTIAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TORQUE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; TORQUE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77950173117     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0435.focus     Document Type: Article

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