Lizards respond to an extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1985-1990

  Nishimura, Tsutomu ^a,b,c   Okano, Hideyuki ^a   Tada, Harue ^a   Nishimura, Etsuko ^b   Sugimoto, Kenji ^b   Mohri, Kaneo ^d,e   Fukushima, Masanori ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Magnetics Company Limited   (Japan)

^c Translational Research Informatics Center   (Japan)

^d AICHI STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e Nagoya Industrial Sciences Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

ELF EMF; Lizard; Magnetic sense; Magnetoreception; Tail behavior; Tail lifting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EYE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TAIL;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EYE; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; TAIL;

AGAMIDAE; ANIMALIA; POGONA VITTICEPS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77953071099     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.031609     Document Type: Article

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