Does magnetoreception mediate biological effects of power-frequency magnetic fields?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 299-304

  Vanderstraeten, Jacques ^a   Burda, Hynek ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Circadian biorhythms; Extremely low frequency; Melatonin; Sensory disruption; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN BIORHYTHMS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY; MELATONIN; SENSORY DISRUPTION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; HORMONES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAMMALS;

BIOMAGNETISM;

MELATONIN;

BIOMECHANICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAMMAL; MEMORY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FUNCTIONS OF THE SENSE ORGANS AND THE SENSORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETORECEPTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MELATONIN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84857032663     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.08.071     Document Type: Article

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