Magnetic field effects in biology from the perspective of the radical pair mechanism

H Zadeh-Haghighi, C Simon - Journal of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Hundreds of studies have found that weak magnetic fields can significantly influence various
biological systems. However, the underlying mechanisms behind these phenomena remain …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental and behavioral regulation of HIF-mitochondria crosstalk

J Burtscher, E Hohenauer, M Burtscher… - Free Radical Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reduced oxygen availability (hypoxia) can lead to cell and organ damage. Therefore,
aerobic species depend on efficient mechanisms to counteract detrimental consequences of …

[HTML][HTML] Radical pairs may explain reactive oxygen species-mediated effects of hypomagnetic field on neurogenesis

R Rishabh, H Zadeh-Haghighi… - PLOS Computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Exposures to a hypomagnetic field can affect biological processes. Recently, it has been
observed that hypomagnetic field exposure can adversely affect adult hippocampal …

[PDF][PDF] Quantum based effects of therapeutic nuclear magnetic resonance persistently reduce glycolysis

V Thöni, D Mauracher, A Ramalingam, B Fiechtner… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Electromagnetic fields are known to induce the clock protein cryptochrome to modulate
intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) via the quantum based radical pair mechanism …

[HTML][HTML] Radical triads, not pairs, may explain effects of hypomagnetic fields on neurogenesis

J Ramsay, DR Kattnig - PLOS Computational Biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis and hippocampus-dependent cognition in mice have been
found to be adversely affected by hypomagnetic field exposure. The effect concurred with a …

[HTML][HTML] Hypomagnetic field effects as a potential avenue for testing the radical pair mechanism in biology

H Zadeh-Haghighi, R Rishabh, C Simon - Frontiers in Physics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Near-zero magnetic fields, called hypomagnetic fields, are known to impact biological
phenomena, including developmental processes, the circadian system, neuronal and brain …

[HTML][HTML] Radical pairs may play a role in microtubule reorganization

H Zadeh-Haghighi, C Simon - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The exact mechanism behind general anesthesia remains an open question in
neuroscience. It has been proposed that anesthetics selectively prevent consciousness and …

[HTML][HTML] Biological effects of magnetic storms and ELF magnetic fields

RM Sarimov, DA Serov, SV Gudkov - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The study of the biological effects of time-varying magnetic fields has
attracted more and more attention from researchers, and the number of publications on this …

[HTML][HTML] Radical pair model for magnetic field effects on NMDA receptor activity

PS Nair, H Zadeh-Haghighi, C Simon - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor is a prominent player in brain development and
functioning. Perturbations to its functioning through external stimuli like magnetic fields can …

On the optimality of the radical-pair quantum compass

LD Smith, J Glatthard, FT Chowdhury… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Quantum sensing enables the ultimate precision attainable in parameter estimation.
Circumstantial evidence suggests that certain organisms, most notably migratory songbirds …