Magnetoreception in laboratory mice: Sensitivity to extremely low-frequency fields exceeds 33 nT at 30 Hz

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 81, 2013, Pages

  Prato, Frank S ^a,b,c   Desjardins Holmes, Dawn ^a   Keenliside, Lynn D ^a   DeMoor, Janice M ^a   Robertson, John A ^a,c   Thomas, Alex W ^a,b,c  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambient magnetic field shielding; Analgesia; Extremely low frequency magnetic fields; Geomagnetic static field; Magnetic field sensitivity; Nociception

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNETISM; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ANALGESIA; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSITIVITY; NOCICEPTION; STATIC FIELDS;

MAMMALS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETORECEPTION; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ANIMAL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION;

ANIMALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MICE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875747130     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.1046     Document Type: Article

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