TY - BOOK AU - Liboff,A R AU - Rinaldi,R A ED - NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES N Y. TI - Electrically Mediated Growth Mechanisms in Living Systems, PY - 0000///111974/// CY - Ft. Belvoir PB - Defense Technical Information Center KW - Anatomy and Physiology KW - scgdst KW - Growth(physiology) KW - dtict KW - Bioelectricity KW - Tissues(biology) KW - Biochemistry KW - Electrochemistry KW - Electric fields KW - Piezoelectricity KW - Cells(biology) KW - Bones N1 - Pub. in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v238 p1-593, 11 Oct 74. Sponsored in part by Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va; APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE JOURNAL ARTICLES ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY N2 - ;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 UR - http://www.archive.org/details/electricallymedi00libo UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL24397239M ER -