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Structure and function of the vertebrate magnetic sense
Citation
Walker, MM and Diebel, CE and Haugh, CV and Pankhurst, PM and Montgomery, JC and Green, CR, Structure and function of the vertebrate magnetic sense, Nature, 390, (6658) pp. 371-376. ISSN 0028-0836 (1997) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1038/37057
Abstract
Some vertebrates can navigate over long distances using the Earth's magnetic field, but the sensory system that they use to do so has remained a mystery. Here we describe the key components of a magnetic sense underpinning this navigational ability in a single species, the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), We report behavioural and electrophysiological responses to magnetic fields and identify an area in the nose of the trout where candidate magnetoreceptor cells are located. We have tracked the sensory pathway from these newly identified candidate magnetoreceptor cells to the brain and associated the system with a learned response to magnetic fields.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Zoology |
| Research Field: | Zoology not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Pankhurst, PM (Dr Tish Pankhurst) |
| ID Code: | 10916 |
| Year Published: | 1997 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 319 |
| Deposited By: | TAFI - Aquaculture |
| Deposited On: | 1997-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2011-08-11 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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