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Offset of the vacuolar potential of Characean cells in response to electromagnetic radiation over the range 250 Hz‐250 kHz
Author(s) -
Montaigne Kathleen,
Pickard William F.
Publication year - 1984
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.2250050104
Subject(s) - electromagnetic radiation , radiation , physics , bioelectromagnetics , optics , nitella , offset (computer science) , ionizing radiation , electromagnetic field , biophysics , irradiation , biology , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
Measurements were made of the small, transient offsets of vacuolar potential produced in single cells of Nitella flexilis and Chara braunii by isolated bursts of audio frequency electromagnetic radiation. The offsets increased in magnitude with decreasing frequency of the electromagnetic radiation and, below about 6 kHz, seemed to approach a lowfrequency asymptote. This frequency dependence for the offset is shown to be in accordance with a previously developed model in which the incident radiation is weakly rectified by the cell's membrane system.