Biophysical Effects of Steady Magnetic Fields: Proceedings of the Workshop, Les Houches, France February 26-March 5, 1986 (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

I Diamagnetic Orientation of Macromolecules and Membranes.- Magnetic Birefringence in Polymers and Polyelectrolytes.- Propagation and Generation of High-Frequency Ultrasonic Waves in Magnetically Oriented Lyotropic Liquid Crystals.- Liquid Crystals and Virus Solutions in Strong Magnetic Fields.- Magnetic Damping of Orientational Fluctuations in Nematics with Negative Diamagnetic Anisotropy.- Magnetic Birefringence Study of Fibrin Formation and Chylomicron Behaviour in Human Blood Plasma.- Diamagnetic Anisotropy of Proteins and Magnetic Orientation of Biological Membranes and Protein Assemblies.- Superdiamagnetism in Lipid Monolayers.- Magnetic Field Effect on the Gel-Liquid Crystal Phase Transition of Phospholipid Membranes.- Membrane Responses to Magnetic and Electromagnetic Fields.- II Ferrofluids.- Wetting of Solids by Ferrofluids.- Ionic Ferrofluids: Physico-Chemical Aspects.- Ferrofluids in Lyotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals.- III Biological and Chemical Photoreactions.- Magnetic Field Effect on Photosynthetic Reactions.- Polymethylene-Linked Radical Ion Pairs in Magnetic Fields.- Study of Polymer Dynamics by Magnetic Field-Dependent Biradical Reactions.- Model for a Physiological Magnetic Compass.- Retinal Response to Variations of the Earth's Magnetic Field.- Influence of Geomagnetic Field Alterations on Electric Retinal Potentials and Dark Adaptation in Humans.- Effects of Earth-Strength Magnetic Stimuli on the Pineal Gland and Central Nervous Neurons. A Short Review.- IV Physiological Effects and Animal Development.- Static Magnetic Fields Influence the Evoked Potentials of Man.- The Influence of Static Magnetic Fields on Skin Temperature and Blood Flow in Man.- Magnetic Field-Induced Blood Flow Changes in Frogs and Red-Green Vision of Man After NMR-Tomography.- Magnetic Field Driven Thermal Convection in Air: A Mechanism for Field-Induced Skin Temperature Changes in Animals.- Embryonic Development of the Quail in Strong Magnetic Fields.- V Animal Orientation and Magnetoreception.- A Review of Magnetic Effects on Homing Pigeon Orientation.- A Further Analysis of the Orientation Behavior of Homing Pigeons Released Within Magnetic Anomalies.- Pigeon Homing: The Use of Magnetic Information in Position Finding.- Homing Experiments with Pigeons at the Magnetic Equator.- Magnetic Orientation and Magnetically Sensitive Material in Migratory Birds.- Magnetite and Magnetotaxis in Bacteria and Algae.- Biogenic Magnetite in Higher Organisms and the Current Status of the Hypothesis of Ferrimagnetic Magnetoreception.- The Effect of Ultrahigh Magnetic Fields on the Initial Orientation of Homing Pigeons.- Experimental and Correlational Studies of Responses to Magnetic Field Stimuli by Different Species.- The Cetacean Geomagnetic Travel Strategy.- A Mathematical Model for Magnetic Navigation by Animals.- VI Applications in NMR and Medecine.- Magnets for NMR Imaging and Spectroscopy.- In Vivo NMR Spectroscopy of Mammalian Nervous Systems.- The Cytoplasmic pH of the Green Alga Chlorella fusca, Measured by 31-P-NMR Spectroscopy.- Magnetic Mapping of the Human Thorax Using a SQUID Magnetometer.- Index of Contributors.