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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 199, Issue 5 1241-1244, Copyright © 1996 by Company of Biologists
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R Beason and P Semm
The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) uses the earth's magnetic field as one source of directional information for its migratory orientation. However, the location and structure of the magnetoreceptors that transduce the magnetic information to the nervous system are unknown. Because treatment with a strong magnetic pulse results in a change in the direction of orientation, one of the receptors is thought to involve a magnetizable material such as magnetite. The effects of the magnetizing treatment can be abolished (i.e. the bird returns to its original orientation) by blocking the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve, but the ability of the bird to select and maintain a direction is not affected. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that a magnetizable material such as magnetite is part of the magnetoreceptors that are associated with the ophthalmic nerve.
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