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Magnetite regions in Brain?

Britt Van Bergen supermouse at warnco.com
Tue Jun 25 07:39:39 EST 1996


In article <835361915 at awaiter.com>, Howard Olson
<howard.olson at awaiter.com> writes
>    Where are the magnetite regions in mammalian brain? How are they
>analogous to those in the homing pigeon?
>                                         Howard
>
As far as I know (I could be wrong) the magnetite regions nestle in the
centre of the forebrain, between the frontal lobes. In humans these
regions exist, but studies into their function, or lack thereof, have
proved inconclusive.
-- 
Supermouse



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