Electrically Mediated Growth Mechanisms in Living Systems

Description:

;Contents: Piezoelectric properties of organic polymers; Charge separation associated with dipole disordering in proteins; Electrochemical information transfer at living cell membranes; The basic biological data transmission and control system influenced by electrical forces; Differential biologic effects of pulsed and continuous electromagnetic fields and mechanisms of effect; Bioelectric potentials and their relation to growth in higher plants; Possible modulation of reactions on the cell surface by changes in electrostatic potential that accompany cell contact; The induction of cellular orientation by low-level electrical currents; In vivo bone growth in a controlled electric field; Interdisciplinary approaches in electrically mediated bone growth studies; The influence of electrical current on an infecting microorganism in wounds.

subjects: Growth(physiology),  Biochemistry,  Anatomy and Physiology,  Electric fields,  Tissues(biology),  Electrochemistry,  Piezoelectricity,  Bioelectricity,  Cells(biology),  Bones