The ordered arrangement of hair follicles (Foit lines) and reception of a geomagnetic field
https://doi.org/10.20538/1682-0363-2002-2-112-118
Abstract
The authors offer the hypothesis of reception of a geomagnetic field based on the special properties of a mammal’s skin. It assumes that the ordered arrangement of hair follicles (Foit lines) can serve the pseudo-solenoid, in which under the action of external fields the currents starting the neuro-humoral mechanism of answer-back reactions are induced. According to this hypothesis, the magnitude of the generated afferent neuro-humoral signals depends on animal orientation concerning a vector of a geomagnetic field. There of there will be a larger or smaller degree of activation of hypothallamus-hypophysis-adrenal system (HHAS) which defines the adaptive status of an animal and, accordingly, adequacy of response to the set of external factors corresponds.
About the Authors
V. I. ZelentsovRussian Federation
Ya. S. Pekker
Russian Federation
V. M. Perelmuter
Russian Federation
V. M. Falkovich
Russian Federation
E. M. Сhuprikova
Russian Federation
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For citations:
Zelentsov V.I., Pekker Ya.S., Perelmuter V.M., Falkovich V.M., Сhuprikova E.M. The ordered arrangement of hair follicles (Foit lines) and reception of a geomagnetic field. Bulletin of Siberian Medicine. 2002;1(2):112-118. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20538/1682-0363-2002-2-112-118