An identifiable molluscan neuron responds to changes in earth-strength magnetic fields
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An identifiable molluscan neuron responds to changes in earth-strength magnetic fields.
Diverse animals can orient using geomagnetic cues, but little is known about the neurophysiological mechanisms that underlie magnetic field detection. The marine mollusc Tritonia diomedea (Bergh) has a magnetic sense and its nervous system is amenable to cellular-level electrophysiological analysis. In a semi-intact whole-animal preparation, intracellular recordings from the large, visually ide...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 1991
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.161.1.1