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3378153

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
The detection of earth strength magnetic fields by rodents has been demonstrated previously by numerous physiological and behavioral techniques. This phenomenon appears to require input from the eyes. In an effort to better understand this phenomenon retinal melatonin synthesis and catecholamine contents were assayed in rats exposed at night to an alteration of the ambient magnetic field. In normal animals both dopamine and norepinephrine levels in the retina were reduced by this stimulus, while retinal melatonin synthesis was unaffected. Animals that had lost their intact photoreceptors as a result of 8 weeks of previous constant light exposure did not show a catecholamine response to the magnetic stimulus. These results support the view that the mammalian retina participates in the relaying of magnetic information into the central nervous system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
448
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
325-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Responses of the mammalian retina to experimental alteration of the ambient magnetic field.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN 38112.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't