Magnetic Field Effect on Biological Systems: based on the Proceedings of the Biomagnetic Effects Workshop held at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University of California, on April 6-7, 1978

by T. S. Tenforde

Overview

Tom S. Tenforde A programma tic effort to assess the effects of magneticfield exposure on living organisms and man is under way at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. This program, which is supported by the Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research of the U. S. Department of Energy, has three principal aspects. First, in a project for which I serve as the coordinator, a series of biophysical experiments are being carried out to determine magnetic field effects on molecular, cellular and whole-animal test systems. A second effort, headed by Dr. Thomas Budinger, involves epidemiological studies designed to evaluate potential health effects in groups of scientists and industrial workers who have been occupationally exposed to high magnetic fields. The third project is the establishment of magnetic field exposure guidelines by a six-member committee composed of scientists from throughout the U. S. and headed by Dr. Edward Alpen, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Biology and Medicine Division. During the initial phase of this program, it became increasingly clear to all of the scientists involved that it would be a worthwhile effort to hold a Biomagnetic Effects Workshop. There were, in fact, three reasons underlying our decision to sponsor such a conference: First of alL more than a decade has passed since there was a large conference in the United States devoted exclusively to biomagnetic research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461591450
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	02/12/2012
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Magnetic Effects on Lower Organisms.- Ferromagnetic Orientation in Bacteria.- Electromagnetic Guidance Systems in Fishes.- Effects of Magnetic Fields on Avian Orientation.- Effects of 60-Hz Electromagnetic Fields on Bees and Soil Arthropods.- Tests in the Plant Tradescantia for Mutagenic Effects of Strong Magnetic Fields.- 3. Magnetic Field Exposure Guidelines.- 4. Magnetic Effects on Mammals.- Magnetic Field Interactions in Man and Other.- Mammals: An Overview.- Effects of Magnetic Fields on Behavior in.- Nonhuman Primates.- Magnetic Field Effects on Rodents.- Studies on Biomagnetic Effects in Mice.- 5. Magnetic Effects in Cellular and Molecular Systems.- Mechanisms on Magnetic Field Interactions With Retinal Rods.- Orientation of Biological Membranes and Cells in Magnetic Fields.- Enzyme-Substrate Reactions in High Magnetic Fields.- Effects on Cell Function Resulting from Exposure to Strong Magnetic Fields at 4°K.- Effects of a Transverse Magnetic Field on the Dose Distribution of High Energy Electrons and on the Responses of Mammalian Cells in vitro to X-Rays.- Effect of Magnetic Fields on the Drug-Induced Contractility of the Ciliate Spirostomum.- 6. Long-Range Electromagnetic Field Interactions at Brain Cell Surfaces.- 7. Theoretical Aspects of Magnetic Field Interactions With Biological Systems.- Analysis of Stationary Magnetic Field Effects on Ionic Diffusion and Nerve Action Potentials.- Mechanisms of Biomagnetic Effects.- Magnetic Field Coupling With Liquid Crystalline Structures.- Superconductive Josephson Junctions — A Possible Mechanism for Detection of Weak Magnetic Fields and of Microwaves by Living Organisms.- Theoretical Remarks on Low Magnetic Field Interactions With Biological Systems.- 8. Summary.- Appendix I.- BiomagneticEffects Workshop Program.- Appendix II.- Workshop Participants.