biomagnetism
Living magnetic fields
Biomagnetism refers to magnetic fields produced by living organisms, particularly the weak fields generated by electrical activity in the heart, brain, and nervous system.
Medical applications include magnetoencephalography, which maps brain activity by detecting these fields.
The term also covers alternative health practices claiming therapeutic effects from external magnetic fields applied to the body—uses largely unsupported by mainstream science.
Current in living tissue
- ferritinIron-storing blood protein
- hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
- diamagnetismWeak repulsion from magnets
- paramagnetismWeak magnetic susceptibility phenomenon
bioelectricity
Current in living tissue
- ferritinIron-storing blood protein
- hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
- diamagnetismWeak repulsion from magnets
paramagnetism · susceptibility · magnetization · electromagnetism
- magnetismelectromagnet, magnetization, electromagnets, magnetize, demagnetize
- Bioelectricsbioelectricity, electrotherapy, electrical stimulation, action potential, depolarization
- magnetoreceptioninternal compass, magnetite
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, poltergeist, apparition
- Hypnotismhypnosis, hypnotism, hypnotist, mesmerism, mesmerist
biomagnetismgeomagnetism
Earth's magnetic field
paleomagnetism · electromagnetism · ferromagnetism · electromagnets
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