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Analysis of the structure of magnetic fields that induced inhibition of stimulated neurite outgrowth
Author(s) -
Binhi V.N.,
Blackman C.F.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.20180
Subject(s) - neurite , magnetic field , amplitude , field (mathematics) , physics , nonlinear system , condensed matter physics , bioelectromagnetics , nuclear magnetic resonance , neuroscience , chemistry , biophysics , biological system , mathematics , biology , in vitro , optics , quantum mechanics , biochemistry , pure mathematics
The important experiments showing nonlinear amplitude dependences of the neurite outgrowth in pheochromocytoma nerve cells due to ELF magnetic field exposure had been carried out in a nonuniform ac magnetic field. The nonuniformity entailed larger than expected variances in magnetic field magnitudes associated with specific levels of biological effects, thereby evoking a question about validity of the interpretations formulated for the case of a uniform field. In this work, we calculate the relative value of nonuniformity and deviations in ac magnetic field. It is shown that these factors do not affect the main conclusion in the original papers about the form of the amplitude dependence of the observed biological effect. Bioelectromagnetics Published 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.