Sentences with phrase «mediated magnetic compass»
We furthermore suggested that Cluster N is likely to process such light - mediated magnetic compass responses, based on the fact that Cluster N is the only known forebrain area that is highly active during magnetic compass orientation, and on the theoretical model [7] on magnetic field modulation of the light sensitivity of specialized receptor molecules in the retina of the birds, [for detailed arguments see 13], [14].
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Currently, theoretical, behavioral and physiological evidences support two magnetic sensing hypotheses: a magnetite - mediated magnetic sense [4]--[6] and / or a vision - mediated magnetic compass [7].
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«It goes a long way to demonstrating that the magnetic compass response is mediated by the eye,» says Verner Bingman of Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
The magnetite - mediated mechanism seems to act as part of a magnetic map - or signpost sense, which could provide the animal with information about its geographic position, whereas the vision - mediated magnetic sense seems to be a pure compass sense that is based on radical - pair processes in the birds» eye (s)[for reviews], [see e.g. 8, 9].