RECEPTION OF LOW-INTENSITY MILLIMETER-WAVE ELECTROMAGNETIC-RADIATION BY THE ELECTRORECEPTORS IN SKATES

被引：9

作者：

AKOEV, GN ^{[1
]}

AVELEV, VD ^{[1
]}

SEMENJKOV, PG ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] KARA DAG MARINE BIOL STN,CRIMEA,UKRAINE

来源：

NEUROSCIENCE | 1995年 / 66卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1016/0306-4522(95)00054-M

中图分类号：

Q189 [神经科学];

学科分类号：

071006 ;

摘要：

Low intensity millimeter-wave electromagnetic radiation of less than 10 mW cm(-2) power intensity has a nonthermal effect on the body and it is widely used in medical practice for treatment of various diseases.(8) Nevertheless, the effect of EMR on biological tissues is not understood, The skin and its sensory receptors are considered to be responsible for EMR reception, but this has yet to be confirmed, The present experiments were designed to study the effect of millimeter-wave electromagnetic radiation on the ampullae of Lorenzini in skates, which are very sensitive to weak electrical stimuli at low frequency.(3,7) Reception of low-intensity millimeter-wave electromagnetic radiation at 37-55 GHz by the electroreceptors (ampullae of Lorenzini) in the skate has been shown, At a power intensity of 1-5 mW cm(-2) irradiating the duct opening at 1-20 mm distance caused a transient increase in the firing rate of a single afferent unit, When the power intensity was increased inhibitory responses were also observed, Some receptors responded with a prolonged excitatory activity lasting up to 30 min to the irradiation of the duct opening, Direct irradiation of the sensory cells produced only an inhibition, probably due to a rise in temperature, It is proposed that millimeter-wave electromagnetic radiation generates a d.c. potential at the vicinity of duct opening which can be detected by the electroreceptors.

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