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Electromagnetic Modulation of Biological Processes: Bicarbonate Effect and Mechanistic Considerations in the Ca-Uptake by Embryonal Chick Tibia in Vitro

  • Giuseppe Colacicco
  • , Arthur A. Pilla

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Abstract

Electromagnetically induced currents pulsating at very low frequency stim ulated calcium uptake by chick embryo tibia rudiments only when bicarbonate was present in the culture medium. A bicarbonate-dependent Ca2+-ATPase might be implicated in coupling of the electromagnetic signal with processes that promote Ca-transport and storage in bone tissue.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)465-467
Number of pages3
JournalZeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences
Volume38
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 1983

Keywords

  • Bicarbonate
  • Ca-ATPase
  • Ca-Uptake
  • Osteogenesis
  • Pulsating Electromagnetic Fields

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