title: [Effect of weak static magnetic fields on the excitability of a neuron].
abstract: Changes in the excitability of the neuron (amplitude, excitability threshold, rate of action potential transduction), as well as changes in the viscosity of the plasma membrane of the nerve and membranes of subcellular organelles, induced by the action of a weak magnetic field, have been studied by the methods of extracellular registration of membrane potential and combination scattering. It was found that only the threshold of excitability in intact nervous fibers increases by the action of this field. It was proven that the conformation of C40 carotenoids localized not only in plasma membranes but also in subcellular membranes of the neuron changes in a weak magnetic field. It is assumed that the changes in the excitability of the neuron by the action of weak magnetic field are due to changes in the orderliness of membrane lipids and the content of oxygen in the cytoplasm.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Novikov
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Maksimov
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Volkov
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Shalygin
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000528:radiation effects; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D008280:Magnetics; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000502:physiology; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000528:radiation effects; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011896:Rana temporaria
chemical_list: D008563:Membrane Lipids