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Orientation of glutaraldehyde-fixed erythrocytes in strong static magnetic fields
T Higashi1, S Sagawa, N Ashida
1School of Allied Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan.
Bioelectromagnetics
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
In a uniform static magnetic field up to 8 Telsa, glutaraldehyde-fixed erythrocytes showed an orientation in which their disk plane was perpendicular to the magnetic field. The paramagnetism of membrane-bound hemoglobin was through to contribute significantly to this orientation. The observation of magnetic orientation is directed toward understanding the fundamental microstructural aspects of the erythrocyte.