Galvanotaxis#Galvanotaxis .2F electrotaxis

Galvanotaxis ( after the Italian anatomist Luigi Galvani and biophysicist and ancient Greek τάξις, taxis = order, march named), sometimes also called electric taxis, refers to the phenomenon that in an existing electric field, some creatures turn to one of the poles. To be differentiated galvanotaxis against the galvanotropism, in which the growth of the direction of the electric field follows.

Causes

Is observed at about galvanotaxis protozoa (eg amoebae ), earthworms and starfish as well as in individual human and animal cells. Electrical signals and electric fields are physiological characteristics of human and animal organisms. The influence of this endogenous electrical forces on the cells called galvanotaxis. The electric field is most concentrated on a membrane receptor of the cell. Although the signal substances in the environment do not increase more receptors are activated on this side of the cell. This page is for the leading side of the cell movement.