TY - JOUR
T1 - Nearly closed loops in biological systems as electromagnetic receptors
AU - Eichler, D.
N1 - Funding Information:
I thank R. Adair, J. Axons, R. Belmaker, R. Blandford, G. Erez, A. WeiseI-Eichler, P. Finklestein, F. Lihersat, A. Mizrahi, M. Gumick, P. Israelovich, E.N. Parker, S. Stokar and E. White for valuable conversations, t thank the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the Universi.'y of California, Santa Barbara for its hospitality while this paper was written, This work was supported in part by the US Israel Binationai Science Foundation.
PY - 1997/5/1
Y1 - 1997/5/1
N2 - It is noted here that when a nearly closed loop in a biological system, such as a self-synapsing (autapsing) neuron or mutually synapsing pair, is exposed to an a.c. magnetic field, the induced electric fields in the insulating gaps can be many orders of magnitude larger than the average values typically discussed in the literature. It is suggested that animal nervous systems might possibly be affected in selected spots by man-made alternating magnetic fields at weaker levels than previously supposed. Radio and microwave radiation should be considered particularly suspect.
AB - It is noted here that when a nearly closed loop in a biological system, such as a self-synapsing (autapsing) neuron or mutually synapsing pair, is exposed to an a.c. magnetic field, the induced electric fields in the insulating gaps can be many orders of magnitude larger than the average values typically discussed in the literature. It is suggested that animal nervous systems might possibly be affected in selected spots by man-made alternating magnetic fields at weaker levels than previously supposed. Radio and microwave radiation should be considered particularly suspect.
KW - Closed loop conductor
KW - Electromagnetic receptor
KW - Self-synapsing neurons
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U2 - 10.1016/S0302-4598(96)05130-6
DO - 10.1016/S0302-4598(96)05130-6
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0031149909
SN - 0302-4598
VL - 42
SP - 227
EP - 230
JO - Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics
JF - Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics
IS - 2
T2 - Proceedings of the 1996 13th International Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics
Y2 - 7 January 1996 through 12 January 1996
ER -