Electromagnetic Fields and Biomembranes

Content.- Membrane Lipids and their Model Systems.- Hydration Forces between Phospholipid Membranes and the Polyethylene Glycol Induced Membrane Approach.- Electrical Double Layers in Membrane Transport and Nerve Excitation.- An Alternative Electrostatic Model for Membrane Ion Channels.- Electroorientation Studies on Electrophysical Properties of Erythrocytes in Radio-Frequency Range of Alternating Electric Field.- Chagre Motion Inside Proteins.- Electroconformational Coupling and the Effects of Static and Dynamic Electric Field on Membrane Transport.- Cell Behaviour in Electric Field.- Topics of Bioelectrochemistry by Electromagnetic Field Effects.- Pulse Impedance Method and its Application in Medical Physics.- Locust Muscle Glutamate Receptors — Support for an Allosteric Model.- Basic Problems of Electromagnetic Biology.- ELF-Pulsating Magnetic Field /PEMF/-Induced Acoustic Effects in Vessel Walls — An Adequate Stimulation of Bioreceptors ?.- Magnetotherapy with Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Field.- Electromagnetic Fields — A New Ecological Factor.- Erythrocyte Shape is Induced by Free Electric and Chemical Energy.- The Electroluminescent Characteristics Correlate to the Age-Dependent Changes IN the Composition of Plasma Membrane.- Changes in Conformational State of Glycereldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Adsorbed on Phosphatidylinositol Liposomes.- Biological Activity of Macrophages Interacting with Small Liposomes and Micellar-Like Membrane Structures.- Concerning Some Variations of the Characteristics of Electrochemically Active Membrane after Pulse Magnetic and Electromagnetic Field Action.- Effects of Low Frequency Magnetic Fields on Chick Embryos and Embrional Chick Tibia.- The Influence of the Magnetic Field upon the Hatching Capacity of Poultry andUpon Plant Seeds.- The Geomagnetic Field as a Lowenergatic Factor with Important Biological Significance.- Electrorotation — Influence on Pulse Shape and Internal Membrane Systems on Rotational Spectra.- Electrorotation Measurements on Mouse Blastomers.- Effect of the Temperature on the Cell Contact by Dipolophoresis and Electrofusion.- The Effect of Surface Charged Modifiers on Halobacterium halobium Purple Membrane Phase Transitions.- Surface — Induced Orientation and Elasticity in Purple Membrane Thin Film Media.- A Study of the Fluorescence Spectra on Native Monomeric Bacteriorhodopsin in Purple Membrane.- HCO3-Stimulated ATPase Activity of Brain Mitochondria. The Role of Ca2+ and Mg2+ Ions Combination.- The Influence of Acetylcholine and Serotonin on the HCO3-ATPase Activity of Brain Mitochondria.- Effect of Chloramine-T on Single Sodium Channels in Neuroblastoma Cells.- A Recifying Potassium Channel in Human Neuroblastoma Cells.- Effect of Ions and ATP on the /3H/QNB Binding to Muscarinic Cholinenergic Receptors in Rat Brain Synaptic Membranes.- The Role of Some Cryoprotectants on the Survival of Rat Spermatozoa. A Study on the Membrane Fluidity.- Regulation of the Quantum Yield of Photosynthesis in Chlorela During Nutrient Limited Growth.- Surface Charge Density and Rotational Diffusion of Liposome Reconstituted Photosystem I Reaction Centres Studied by Spin-Label Technique.- Structural and Functional Characterization of the Effects of Detergent Treatment on Chloroplast Membranes.- The Heat Stability of the Photosynthetic Apparatus During the Process of High Temperature Acclimation.- Temperature Damage of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex in Thylakoid Membrane Particles.- Light Intensity Dependence of P700 Photooxidation in Heat-Stressed Pea Chloroplasts.- Effectsof Alpha-Tocopherol Derivatives on the Photosynthetic Activity of Thylakoid Membranes.- Metabolic Regulation Disturbance Mechanism of Nerve Cell Na-Pump in Radiation Pathology.- Luminometric Test for Human Erythrocyte ATP Monitoring after Gamma-Irradiation and Exogeneous ATP Administration.- Electrorotation of Lidocaine-Treated Numan Erythrocytes.- Spectral Characteristics of Chlorophyll A at Different States of Solution.- Electrophoretic Mobility of Myosin-Treated Limphocytes from Patients with Miocardial Infarction.- Lipid to Protein Ratio of Reconstituted Purple Membrane Fragments Determing the Electrokinetic Behaviour of Proteoliposomes.- Exogeneous ATP Administration Effects on Some Biophysical Properties of Human Erythrocytes During in Vitro Ageing.- Radioprotective Effects of ATP on In Vitro Gamma-Irradiated Human Red Blood Cells.- Electrophoretic Mobility Effects and Cell Size Distribution in Dependence on Nitroic Acid and Iron Content in Intensive Culture of Scenedesmus Acutus.- Influence of Constant Magnetic Field Upon Chemiluminesce in Wheat Roots.- Purple Membrane Fragments as a Model for Studying the Effects of Light Induced Electrophoretic Mobility Increase.- Author Index.