Biological effects of electric and magnetic fields. Sources and mechanisms / Volume 1, (1994)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by David O. Carpenter, Sinerik Ayrapetyan.
• Other Names: Ayrapetyan, Sinerik; Carpenter, David O
• Contents: Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Contents of Volume 2; Contributors; Preface; Part I: EXPOSURE TO AND MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; Chapter 1: Sources and Characteristics of Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Environment; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ELECTRIC FIELDS, MAGNETIC FIELDS, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; III. NATURAL FIELDS; IV. ELF POWER LINE FIELDS; V. ELF HOUSEHOLD AND OCCUPATIONAL FIELDS; VI. EXPOSURES OTHER THAN ELF; VII. EXISTING STANDARDS FOR ELF ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; VIII. SUMMARY. Chapter 2: Radiofrequency Radiation in the Environment: Sources, Exposure Standards, and Related IssuesI. BASIC CONCEPTS; II. BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND SAFETY STANDARDS; III. SOURCES OF PUBLIC AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; IV. SUMMARY; Chapter 3: The Thermal Noise Limit for Threshold Effects of Electric and Magnetic Fields in Biological Systems; I. INTRODUCTION; II. RELEVANT ATTRIBUTES OF ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; III. ELECTRIC FIELDS EXPECTED TO BE FUNDAMENTALLY INVOLVED; IV. RESONANCE-LIKE EFFECTS; V. THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS CAUSE JOHNSON NOISE. VI. OTHER TYPES OF FUNDAMENTAL NOISE AND CONFOUNDERSVII. BASIC HYPOTHESIS; VIII. DETECTION PHYSICS; IX. THRESHOLDS FOR ELECTRIC FIELDS ACTING ON THE CELL MEMBRANE; X. THRESHOLDS ASSOCIATED WITH MAGNETIC FIELDS; XI. SUMMARY; Chapter 4: The Influence of Electric Fields on Biological and Model Membranes; I. INTRODUCTION; II. EFFECTS OF NONDESTRUCTIVE ELECTRIC FIELDS; III. EFFECTS OF DESTRUCTIVE ELECTRIC FIELDS; IV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 5: Electric Activation of Membrane Enzymes: Cellular Transduction of High- and Low-Level Periodic Signals; I. INTRODUCTION. II. ELECTRIC ACTIVATION AND STIMULATION OF MEMBRANE ATPasesIII. ELECTROCONFORMATION COUPLING; IV. RESONANCE TRANSDUCTION OF LOW-LEVEL ELECTRIC SIGNAL; V. PERSPECTIVE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 6: Direct Current Magnetic Fields: Mechanisms of Action; I. INTRODUCTION; II. GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; III. HIGH-INTENSITY FIELDS; IV. DIAMAGNETISM AND DIAMAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; V. PHASE TRANSITION IN BIOMEMBRANES; VI. PROPOSED MECHANISM; VII. CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 7: Physiological Effects of Magnetic Fields May Be Mediated through Actions on the State of Calcium Ions in Solution; I. INTRODUCTION. II. THE EFFECT OF MAGNETIC FIELDS ON SOLUTION CONDUCTIVITYIII. EFFECTS OF PERFUSION OF PHYSIOLOGIC SALINE SOLUTION EXPOSED TO MAGNETIC FIELD IRRADIATION ON 45Ca UPTAKE BY SNAIL GANGLIA; IV. EFFECTS OF INCUBATION OF SNAIL GANGLIA IN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS EXPOSED TO MAGNETIC FIELDS ON LEVELS OF INTRACELLULAR CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDES; V. EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE OF SNAIL NEURONS TO PHYSIOLOGIC SOLUTIONS SUBJECTED TO STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS ON LIPID COMPOSITION; VI. MEMBRANE CHEMOSENSITIVITY IS ALTERED BY PERFUSION TO SOLUTIONS EXPOSED TO MAGNETIC FIELDS; VII. DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
• Publisher Details: San Diego : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 369 pages)
• Subjects: 612.01442; Electromagnetism -- Physiological effect; Electromagnetic fields -- Health aspects; MEDICAL -- Physiology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology; Electromagnetic fields -- Health aspects; Electromagnetism -- Physiological effect; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080886893; 0080886892
• Related ISBNs: 0121602613; 9780121602611
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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