Electromagnetic Fields and Life

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

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3. Physical Principles and Experimental Methods of Investigation of the Biological Action of Electromagnetic Fields

   1. Physical Characteristics of Electromagnetic Fields

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   2. Natural and Artificial Sources of Electromagnetic Fields in the Habitats of Organisms

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   3. Electric Properties of the Tissues of Living Organisms

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   4. Physical Principles of the Interaction of Electromagnetic Fields with Biological Objects

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   5. Dosimetry of Electromagnetic Fields for the Assessment of Their Effects on Man and Animals

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4. Experimental Investigations of the Biological Action of Electromagnetic Fields

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   2. Irreversible and Permanent Effects of Electromagnetic Fields in Entire Organisms

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   3. Effect of Electromagnetic Fields on Neurohumoral Regulation in Entire Organisms

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   4. Effect of EmFs on Reproduction and Development of Organisms

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   5. Effects of EmFs at the Cellular and Molecular Levels

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   6. Mechanisms of the Experimentally Observed Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields

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5. Role of Electromagnetic Fields in the Regulation of the Vital Activity of Organisms

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   2. Environmental Electromagnetic Fields and the Vital Activity of Organisms

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   3. Electromagnetic Fields within the Organism and Their Role in the Regulation of Vital Processes

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   4. Role of Electromagnetic Fields in Informational Interconnections between Organisms

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   5. Practical Applications

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6. Conclusion

   1. Conclusion

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7. Back Matter

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A broad region of the electromagnetic spectrum long assumed to have no influence on living systems under natural conditions has been critically re-examinjld over the past decade. This spectral region extends from the superhigh radio frequencies, through de­ creasing frequencies, to and including essentially static electric and magnetic fields. The author of this monograph, A. S. Presman, has reviewed not only the extensive Russian literatur!;"l, but also al­ most equally comprehensively the non-Russian literature, dealing with biological influences of these fields. Treated also is literature shedding some light on possible theoretical foundations for these phenomena. A substantial, rapidly increaSing number of studies in many laboratories and countries has now clearly established bio­ logical influences which are independent of the theoretically pre­ dictable, simple thermal effects. Indeed many of the effects are produced by field strengths very close to those within the natural environment. The author has, even more importantly, set forth a novel, imaginative general hypothesis in which it is postulated that such electromagnetic fields normally serve as conveyors of information from the environment to the organism, within the organism, and among organisms. He postulates that in the course of evolution or­ ganisms have come to employ these fields in conjunction with the well-known sensory, nervous, and endocrine systems in effecting coordination and integration.

• biological effects
• electromagnetic
• electromagnetic fields
• evolution
• living systems
• magnetic fields
• tissue

• Northwestern University, USA

  Frank A. Brown

• Department of Biophysics, Moscow University, Moscow, USSR

  A. S. Presman

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