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15768423

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-21
pubmed:abstractText
A variety of organisms is known to have the ability to transduce and respond to relatively weak magnetic fields, including the earth's field. Though biogenic magnetite has been identified as the transducer in a number of cases with regards to geomagnetic field sensing, the mechanism underlying neurophysiological responses in human studies is not understood. Here we note that the time constants involved in this latter type of field sensitivity are much longer than those in organisms that make use of the earth's magnetic field for navigation. The purpose of this brief communication is to suggest that the time constants associated with magnetic field sensitivity may be a useful way to distinguish field sensitivity due to magnetite based receptors from sensitivity that may depend on direct (or downstream) biochemical processes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0197-8462
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
234-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
On the significance of the time constants of magnetic field sensitivity in animals.
pubmed:affiliation
Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't