Rapporteur report: interaction mechanisms

Three papers were presented in the session on the interaction mechanisms of weak electric fields induced in the body by exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields with biological systems, particularly the central nervous system. The first paper considered the plausibility of various interaction mechanisms. The second paper dealt with voltage gated ion channels and the way in which they could be involved in the generation of biological effects. The final paper described a kinetic proofreading mechanism, sensitive, in theory, to very low level perturbations. These papers were discussed in a plenary session and in one breakout group, all of which are briefly summarised in this report.