Biomagnetism
Biomagnetism is the phenomenon of
magnetoception and the study of the magnetic fields' effects on organisms is magnetobiology
. (The word biomagnetism has also been used loosely to include magnetobiology, further encompassing almost any combination of the words magnetism, cosmology, and biology, such as "magnetoastrobiology".)
The origin of the word biomagnetism is unclear, but seems to have appeared several hundred years ago, linked to the expression "
magnetoencephalogram
), the measurement of the magnetic field of the brain.
Prominent researchers
See also
- Bioelectrochemistry
- Human magnetism
- Magnetite
- Magnetocardiography
- Magnetoception- sensing of magnetic fields by organisms
- Magnetoelectrochemistry
- Magnetoencephalography
- Magnetogastrography
- Magnetomyography
- SQUID
Notes
Further reading
- Williamson SH, Romani GL, Kaufman L, Modena I, editors. Biomagnetism: An Interdisciplinary Approach. 1983. NATO ASI series. New York: Plenum Press.
- Cohen, D. Boston and the history of biomagnetism. Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology 2004; 30: 1.
- History of Biomagnetism