Liboff A R
a Department of Physics , Oakland University , Rochester , MI , USA.
Electromagn Biol Med. 2019;38(2):143-148. doi: 10.1080/15368378.2019.1608234. Epub 2019 Apr 27.
Except for relatively few polarity reversals the magnitude of the magnetic dipole moment of the earth has remained constant since life first began, allowing evolutionary processes to integrate the geomagnetic field (GMF) into several biological functions. One of these, bearing the classical signature of an ion cyclotron resonance (ICR)-like interaction, results in biological change associated with enhanced proton transport. The wide range of cation masses over which this effect is found suggest a fundamental biological dependence on the GMF, one that functions equally well for electric as well as magnetic fields. Such generalization of ICR requires two things: transparency of tissues to the GMF and suitably tuned ELF resonant magnetic or electric fields. To complement the widely reported ICR responses to applied AC magnetic fields, we hypothesize the existence of weak endogenous ICR electric field oscillations within the cell. This equivalence implies that even in the absence of applied AC magnetic fields, biological systems will exhibit intrinsic GMF-dependent ion cyclotron resonance intracellular interactions. Many ICR effects that have been reported appear as antagonist pairs suggesting that the characteristics of the GMF have not only been incorporated into the genome but also appear to function in an endocrine-like manner.
除了相对较少的极性反转外，自生命首次出现以来，地球磁偶极矩的大小一直保持不变，这使得进化过程能够将地磁场（GMF）整合到多种生物功能中。其中之一具有类似离子回旋共振（ICR）相互作用的经典特征，会导致与质子运输增强相关的生物变化。发现这种效应的阳离子质量范围很广，这表明生物对GMF存在基本依赖性，这种依赖性在电场和磁场中同样有效。这种ICR的普遍化需要两件事：组织对GMF的透明度以及适当调谐的极低频（ELF）共振磁场或电场。为了补充广泛报道的对施加的交流磁场的ICR响应，我们假设细胞内存在微弱的内源性ICR电场振荡。这种等效性意味着，即使在没有施加交流磁场的情况下，生物系统也会表现出内在的依赖GMF的离子回旋共振细胞内相互作用。许多已报道的ICR效应表现为拮抗对，这表明GMF的特征不仅已被整合到基因组中，而且似乎以内分泌样方式发挥作用。
