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Title: Magnetism triggers a brain response

Journal Article · · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

Scientists have discoverd evidence of response of human brains to magnetic fields. They used epilepsy patients with electrodes inserted into their brains to monitor and locate areas of electrical activity that lead to epileptic seizures. When the patients were exposed to magnetic fields of 1-2 milliteslas (about the strength of the magnetic field of a household appliance), the brain responded with bursts of epileptiform activity. The results have implications in medicine for locating epileptic centers, and for research into the effects of electromagnetic fields.

OSTI ID:
6177013
Journal Information:
Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Vol. 260:5114; ISSN 0036-8075
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English