Nonlinear Electrodynamics in Biological Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Nonlinear Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Whole Organisms, Living Tissues and Tissue Preparations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Nonlinear, Nonequilibrium Aspects of Electromagnetic Field Interactions at Cell Membranes

      • W. R. Adey

      Pages 3-22

   3. Use of Bone Cell Hormone Response Systems to Investigate Bioelectromagnetic Effects on Membranes in Vitro

      • Richard A. Luben, Christopher D. Cain

      Pages 23-33

   4. Strong Interactions of Radiofrequency Fields with Nucleic Acids

      • Mays L. Swicord, Przemyslaw Czerski, Glenn S. Edwards, Christopher C. Davis

      Pages 35-57

   5. Nonthermal Resonant Action of Millimeter Microwaves on Yeast Growth

      • F. Keilmann, W. Grundler

      Pages 59-64

   6. Effects on Nervous Tissue of Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields

      • Hans-Arne Hansson

      Pages 65-77

   7. Neurotransmitter Release Stimulated in a Clonal Nerve Cell Line by Low Intensity Pulse Magnetic Fields

      • G. Rein, R. Dixey

      Pages 79-86

   8. Natural AC Electric Fields in and About Cells

      • Herbert A. Pohl

      Pages 87-103

3. Nonlinear Dynamics of Organic Molecules, Including Biomolecules

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. The Energetics and Molecular Dynamics of the Proton Pumping Photocycle in Bacteriorhodopsin

      • Robert R. Birge, Albert F. Lawrence, Thomas M. Cooper, Craig T. Martin, David F. Blair, Sunney I. Chan

      Pages 107-120

   3. Presence Of Nonlinear Excitations in DNA Structure and their Relationship to DNA Premelting and to Drug Intercalation

      • Asok Banerjee, Henry M. Sobell

      Pages 121-131

   4. Solitons and Bioenergetics

      • Alwyn C. Scott

      Pages 133-142

   5. Nonlinear Dynamics of Globular Proteins

      • Peter S. Lomdahl

      Pages 143-154

   6. Solitons in Synthetic and Biological Polymers

      • A. R. Bishop

      Pages 155-175

   7. Picosecond Relaxations in Proteins and Biopolymers Observed By MM-Wave Spectroscopy

      • F. Kremer, A. Poglitsch, L. Genzel

      Pages 177-186

   8. Nonlinear Mechanisms in Molecular Energy Transfer

      • T. W. Barrett

      Pages 187-199

   9. Nonlinear Excitations in Polyacetylene

      • W. P. Su

      Pages 201-203

4. Prospects for a Bioelectronic Technology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205

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   2. Communication with Submicron Structures: Perspectives in the Application of Biomolecules to Computer Technology

      • Albert F. Lawrence, Robert R. Birge

      Pages 207-218

The past half century has seen an extraordinary growth in the fields of cellular and molecular biology. From simple morphologi­ cal concepts of cells as the essential units of living matter there has been an ever-sharper focus on functional organization of living systems, with emphasis on molecular dynamics. Thus, life forms have come to be defined increasingly in terms of metabolism, growth, reproduction and responses to environmental perturbations. Since these properties occur in varying degrees in systems below the level of cellular organization, there has been a blurring of older models that restricted the concepts of life to cellular systems. At the same time, a search has begun for elemental as­ pects of molecular and atomic behavior that might better define properties common to all life forms. This search has led to an examination of nonlinear behavior in biological macromolecules, whether in response to electrical or chemical stimulation, for example, or as a means of signaling along a molecular chain, or as a means of energy transfer. Experimental knowledge in this area has grown rapidly in the past decade, and in some respects has outstripped theoretical models adequate to ex­ plain these new observations. Nevertheless, it can be claimed that there is now an impressive body of experiments implicating non­ linear, nonequilibrium processes as fundamental steps in sequential operations of biological systems.

• cells
• electrodynamics
• living systems
• metabolism
• molecular biology
• molecule

• Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital, Loma Linda, USA

  W. Ross Adey

• Hughes Aircraft Company, Carlsbad, USA

  Albert F. Lawrence

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