Open AccessThe ordered arrangement of hair follicles (Foit lines) and reception of a geomagnetic field
Author(s) -
В. В. Зеленцов,
Ya. S. Pekker,
В. М. Перельмутер,
V. M. Falkovich,
E. M. Сhuprikova
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
bûlletenʹ sibirskoj mediciny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1819-3684
pISSN - 1682-0363
DOI - 10.20538/1682-0363-2002-2-112-118
Subject(s) - earth's magnetic field , afferent , neuroscience , physics , field (mathematics) , magnetic field , orientation (vector space) , biology , mathematics , geometry , pure mathematics , quantum mechanics
The authors offer the hypothesis of reception of a geomagnetic field based on the special properties of a mammal’s skin. It assumes that the ordered arrangement of hair follicles (Foit lines) can serve the pseudo-solenoid, in which under the action of external fields the currents starting the neuro-humoral mechanism of answer-back reactions are induced. According to this hypothesis, the magnitude of the generated afferent neuro-humoral signals depends on animal orientation concerning a vector of a geomagnetic field. There of there will be a larger or smaller degree of activation of hypothallamus-hypophysis-adrenal system (HHAS) which defines the adaptive status of an animal and, accordingly, adequacy of response to the set of external factors corresponds.