TEM investigations of biogenic magnetite extracted from the human hippocampus.
Modification of chemical and magnetic extraction techniques has yielded biogenic magnetite/maghemite from human hippocampal tissue. Particles were identified using high resolution transmission electron microscopy, electron diffraction and elemental analysis. Though its presence has been inferred from magnetic analyses, this is the first direct observation of magnetic biominerals from the hippocampus.
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Department of Physics, Institute of Geophysics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Dobson
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D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008280:Magnetics; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010087:Oxides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D010087:Oxides; D007501:Iron; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide