Literature DB >> 4069448

The avian pineal gland as an independent magnetic sensor.

C Demaine, P Semm.   

Abstract

The electrical activity of pigeon pineal cells was modified by gradual inversion of the natural magnetic field. Effects were also found in blinded birds, and following surgical and chemical interference with the neural connections of the pineal, indicating that the gland possesses intrinsic magnetic sensitivity. The results are in line with the concept that magnetic field detection is associated with photoreceptor activity.

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Year:  1985        PMID: 4069448     DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(85)90294-0

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Neurosci Lett        ISSN: 0304-3940            Impact factor:   3.046


  10 in total

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Authors:  Benjamin L Clites; Jonathan T Pierce
Journal:  Annu Rev Neurosci       Date:  2017-07-25       Impact factor: 12.449

Review 2.  Towards the neural basis of magnetoreception: a neuroanatomical approach.

Authors:  Pavel Nemec; Hynek Burda; Helmut H A Oelschläger
Journal:  Naturwissenschaften       Date:  2005-03-18

Review 3.  Neurobiology of the homing pigeon--a review.

Authors:  Julia Mehlhorn; Gerd Rehkämper
Journal:  Naturwissenschaften       Date:  2009-06-02

4.  Morphological changes in the retina in Pacific ocean salmon Oncorhynchus masou fry in response to neutralization of the geomagnetic field in conditions of normal illumination.

Authors:  A A Maksimovich; S L Kondrashev; V P Gnyubkina
Journal:  Neurosci Behav Physiol       Date:  2008-09-18

5.  Light-dependent magnetic compass orientation in amphibians and insects: candidate receptors and candidate molecular mechanisms.

Authors:  John B Phillips; Paulo E Jorge; Rachel Muheim
Journal:  J R Soc Interface       Date:  2010-02-02       Impact factor: 4.118

6.  Candidate genes mediating magnetoreception in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

Authors:  Robert R Fitak; Benjamin R Wheeler; David A Ernst; Kenneth J Lohmann; Sönke Johnsen
Journal:  Biol Lett       Date:  2017-04       Impact factor: 3.703

7.  Sensory basis of bird orientation.

Authors:  P Semm; R C Beason
Journal:  Experientia       Date:  1990-04-15

8.  Neurophysiological properties of magnetic cells in the pigeon's visual system.

Authors:  P Semm; C Demaine
Journal:  J Comp Physiol A       Date:  1986-11       Impact factor: 1.836

9.  Effects of an earth-strength magnetic field on pineal melatonin synthesis in pigeons.

Authors:  S Reuss; P Semm
Journal:  Naturwissenschaften       Date:  1987-01

10.  Apparent sixth sense in theropod evolution: The making of a Cretaceous weathervane.

Authors:  Bruce M Rothschild; Virginia Naples
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2017-11-02       Impact factor: 3.240

  10 in total

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