This chapter reviews our current knowledge about the mechanisms that underlie animals' ability to perceive the Earth's magnetic field. I describe three major hypotheses of magnetoreception proposed so far: a magnetite-based, an induction-based, and a radical-pair-based mechanism. I also summarize our current knowledge on neuronal pathways that might relay and process magnetic input within the avian brain.
This chapter reviews our current knowledge about the mechanisms that underlie animals' ability to perceive the Earth's magnetic field. I describe three major hypotheses of magnetoreception proposed so far: a magnetite-based, an induction-based, and a radical-pair-based mechanism. I also summarize our current knowledge on neuronal pathways that might relay and process magnetic input within the avian brain.
7.26 - Transduction Mechanisms in Magnetoreception / Kobylkov, D.. - 7:(2020), pp. 459-478. [10.1016/B978-0-12-805408-6.00004-X]
7.26 - Transduction Mechanisms in Magnetoreception
Kobylkov D.
2020-01-01
Abstract
This chapter reviews our current knowledge about the mechanisms that underlie animals' ability to perceive the Earth's magnetic field. I describe three major hypotheses of magnetoreception proposed so far: a magnetite-based, an induction-based, and a radical-pair-based mechanism. I also summarize our current knowledge on neuronal pathways that might relay and process magnetic input within the avian brain.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione
