Laboratory Research Background

1981-Present

­-  Quantitative electroencephalographic measurements and models of consciousness

-  Biophysics of the histomorphological, behavioral, and (brain) molecular consequences of a single impact (200 g dropped from 0.9 m) of mechanical energy to the skull: simulation of “mild” brain injury in humans

­-  Bioelectromagnetism: Mechanisms and processes

­-  Identification of brain damage patterns (in the rat) induced by a single subcutaneous injection of lithium and pilocarpine and postictal pharmacological treatments

-  Evaluation of behavioral and immunological deficits associated with insidious, limbic seizure-induced brain damage

­-  Verification of Tectonic Strain Hypothesis within several tectonostratigraphic regions

­-  Factor analyses and construct validity of a temporal lobe lability factor in the human population (applications to creativity and inferential processing during crises)

­-  Verification and determination of the contribution of geomagnetic activity and experimentally-induced pulsed magnetic fields to brain function and anomalous experiences

­-  Memory modifications by altered states

-  Neuropsychological correlates of religious and delusional thinking

-  Comparisons of qualitative (neurological) and quantitative (neuropsychological) techniques for assessing diffuse/microstructural brain damage

1977-1980

-  Specification of conditioned taste aversion mechanisms

-  Experimental manipulation of brain mast cell numbers and their degranulation profiles (re: multiple sclerosis)

-  Quantitative models for luminosity (UFO report) predictions (adjunct forecasting of earthquakes)

-  Haematological, histological, and physiological consequences of sudden reinforcement schedules: application to lifestyle alterations

-  Effects of magnetic field application upon memory processes

1973-1976

-  Taurine effects on behaviour, physiology, and brain chemistry

­-  Development of histological techniques for analyses of brain, hypophysis, thyroid, spleen, and thymus

-  Identification and quantification of mast cells in the rat brain

-  Matrix and profile analyses of behavioral, physiological, histological, and biochemical correlates

­-  Multiple regression analyses of space-time coordinates of luminosity reports

1966-1972

-  Study of rat cardiovascular and haematological function during magnetic field exposure

-  Statistical analyses of human disease conditions and their correlates with meteorological conditions

­-  Behavioral and biological consequences of prenatal exposure to X-rays and gamma-rays

­-  Pursuit of the thyroidal mechanism as the source of rotating magnetic field-induced changes in the rodent

-  Amino acid production in abiogenic environments simulating the pre-Cambrian condition

Clinical Research and Practice

1995-Present

-  Transcerebral (weak magnetic field) stimulation for treatment of depression and pain following mild to moderate brain injury

-  Development of integrated, accurate neuropsychological, cognitive and personality assessments: test-retest and construct validity

­-  Geomagnetic activity, complex partial epileptic-like experiences and PSI phenomena

-  Hypnotic susceptibility, memory modifications by therapies and the simulation of these therapies by weak, complex transcerebral magnetic fields

1985-1994

­-  Discriminative analyses of cerebral functional differences in populations of normal, brain-injured and epileptic children and adults

-  Development of psychometric instruments to discern the focus of electrical lability within the brain as determined by phenomenological content

-  Determination of the interaction between personality factors and mild temporal lobe symptoms

1972-1988 (intermittent)

­-  Thanatology (death confrontation: behavioral patterns of volunteers with terminal or highly probable terminal conditions)

-  Reinforcement histories and daily rituals of young adults prone to sudden religious and occult conversions

Clinical Practice (Registered Psychologist): Certificate Number: 1952

1986-Present - Canadian Register of Health Providers Number: 05079

-  Clinical Neuropsychology & Psychology. Special emphasis & expertise for: epilepsy, learning problems, & closed head injuries. Assessment involves an integrated measurement of classic & novel neuropsychological procedures, personality profiles, cognitive level & electrocortical patterns. Family psychometric measures are often integrated

-  Assessed more than 1,000 patients who have sustained mild to moderate closed head injuries.

-  Developed novel or specialized neuropsychological tests and indicators, particularly to infer function within the medial surfaces of the cerebral hemispheres

-  Developed the use of "gradient analyses" and z-score comparisons for discerning relative strengths and weakness and differentiating electrical transients from regions of hypofunction

-  Intervention: Anomalous/Extreme paranormal crises

-  Counselling Survivors of Head Injuries and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, i.e., partial complex epilepsy (Post-traumatic Stress Disorders)

PUBLICATIONS (since 1996)

Chapters in Academic Books:

Persinger, M.A.  Hypnosis and the brain: the relationship between subclinical complex partial epileptic-like symptoms, imagination, suggestibility and changes in self-identity. In R. G. Kunzendorff, N.P. Spanos, and B. Wallace (Eds). Hypnosis and Imagination. New York: Baywood Publications, 1996, pp. 283-305.

Persinger, M.A.  Near-death experiences and ecstasy: An artifact of the organization of the human brain?  In S. Della Salla (Ed.), Mind Myths.  John Wiley, NY: 1999, pp. 85-99.

Persinger, M.A. The UFO experience: A normal correlate of human brain function. In D.M. Jacobs (Ed.), UFOs and abductions: Challenging the borders of knowledge. University Press of Kansas: Lawrence. 2000, pp. 262-302.

Persinger, M.A., & Koren, S.A.  Predicting the characteristics of haunts from geomagnetic factors and brain sensitivity: Evidence from field and experimental studies.  In J. Houran & R. Lange (Eds), Hauntings and poltergeists: Multidisciplinary perspectives.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2001, pp. 179-194.

Roll, W.G., & Persinger, M.A.  Poltergeists and hauntings.  In J. Houran & R. Lange (Eds.), Hauntings and poltergeists: Multidisciplinary perspectives. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2001, pp. 123-163.

Persinger, M.A. Experimental simulation of the god experience: implications for religious beliefs and the future of the human species. In R. Joseph (ed). Neurotheology: Brain, Science, Spirituality, Religious Experience. San Jose, CA: University Press, pp. 267-284.

Persinger, M.A.  Neurobehavioral effects of brief exposures to weak intensity, complex magnetic fields within experimental and clinical settings.  In M. J. McLean, S. Engstrom, & R. R. Holocomb (Eds). Magnetotherapy: potential therapeutic benefits and adverse effects. New York: TFG Press, 2003, pp. 89-118.

Persinger,  M. A. The Fatima Phenomena.  In A. D. Basiago (Ed.), Fatima Revisited, Anomalist Book, 2008, in press.

Mulligan, B. P., Cloes, L.S., Mach, Q.H., & Persinger, M.A.  Geopsychology: Geophysical matrix and human behavior.  In I. V. Florinsky (Ed.), Man and the Geosphere, Nova Science Publishers: London, 2010, pp. 115-141.

Articles (in refereed journals):

Baker-Price, L., & Persinger, M.A.  Weak, but complex pulsed magnetic fields may reduce depression following traumatic brain injury.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1996, 83, 491-498.

Bureau, Y.R.J., Persinger, M.A., & Parker, G.  Effect of enhanced geomagnetic activity on hypothermia and mortality in rats. International Journal of Biometeorology, 1996, 39, 197-200.

Cook, L.L., & Persinger, M.A.  Long-term consequences of subtle stimuli during the first twenty-four hours of seizure-induced brain injury.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1996, 83, 523-529.

Dubois, S.L., & Persinger, M.A.  Personality profiles of women who report and who do not report physical or sexual harassment: comparisons with traumatic brain injury. Social Behavior and Personality, 1996, 24(1), 87-94.

Freeman, J., & Persinger, M.A.  Repeated verbal interruption during exposure to complex transcerebral magnetic fields elicit irritability: implications for opiate effects. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1996, 82, 639-642.

Healey, F., Persinger, M.A., & Koren, S.A.  Enhanced hypnotic suggestibility following application of burst-firing magnetic fields over the right temporoparietal lobes: a replication.  International Journal of Neuroscience, 1996, 87, 201-207.

Krippner, S., & Persinger, M.A.  Evidence for enhanced congruence between dreams and distant target material during periods of decreased geomagnetic activity.  Journal of Scientific Exploration, 1996, 10(4), 487-493.

Michon, A., Koren, S.A., & Persinger, M.A. Attempts to simulate the association between geomagnetic activity and spontaneous seizures in rats using experimentally generated magnetic fields.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1996, 82, 619-626.

Moulden, J.A., & Persinger, M.A.  Visuospatial/vocabulary differences in boys and girls and a potential age-dependent drift in vocabulary proficiency.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1996, 82, 472-474.

O'Connor, R.P. & Persinger, M.A.  Brief Communication: Increases in geomagnetic activity are associated with increases in thyroxine levels in a single patient: Implications for melatonin levels. International Journal of Neuroscience, 1996, 88, 243-247.

Persinger, M.A.  Subjective pseudocyesis in normal women who exhibit enhanced imaginings and elevated indicators of electrical lability within the temporal lobes: implications for the “Missing Embryo Syndrome”. Social Behavior and Personality, 1996, 24,(2), 101-112.

Persinger, M.A.  Enhancement of limbic seizures by nocturnal application of experimental magnetic fields that simulate the magnitude and morphology of increases in geomagnetic activity.  International Journal of Neuroscience, 1996, 86, 271-280.

Persinger, M.A.  Feelings of past lives as expected perturbations within the neurocognitive processes that generate the sense of self: contributions from limbic lability and vectorial hemisphericity.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1996, 83, 1107-1121.

Persinger, M.A., Hart, B., & Thomas, A.W.  Geophysical variables and behavior: LXXX. Periodicities and energetic characteristics of a strobe-light luminosity during a geomagnetic storm.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1996, 82, 683-688.

Richards, P., Persinger, M.A., & Koren, S.A.  Modification of semantic memory in normal subjects by application across the temporal lobes of a weak (1 microT) magnetic field structure that promotes long-term potentiation in hippocampal slices.  Electro- and Magnetobiology, 1996, 15(2), 141-148.

Salmoni, A., Richards, P.M., & Persinger, M.A.  Absence of frontal lobe dysfunction indicators in healthy elderly participants: Comparisons with verified pre-frontal lobe damage.  Developmental Neuropsychology, 1996, 12(2), 201-206.

Cook, C.M., & Persinger, M.A.  Experimental induction of the “sensed presence” in normal subjects and an exceptional subject. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1997, 85, 683-693.

Healey, F., Persinger, M.A., & Koren, S.A.  Control of choice by application of the electromagnetic field equivalents of spoken words: mediation by emotional meaning rather than linguistic dimensions?  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1997, 85, 1411-1418.

Michon, A.L., & Persinger, M.A.  Experimental simulation of the effects of increased geomagnetic activity upon nocturnal seizures in epileptic rats.  Neuroscience Letters, 1997, 224, 53-56.

O'Connor, R.P., & Persinger, M.A.  Geophysical variables and behavior LXXXII: A strong association between sudden infant death syndrome (SIDs) and increments of global geomagnetic activity - possible support for the melatonin hypothesis.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1997, 84, 395-402.

Persinger, M.A.  Geomagnetic variables in behavior: LXXXIII.  Increased geomagnetic activity and group aggression in chronic epileptic male rats.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1997, 85, 1376-1378.

Persinger, M.A.  Metaphors for the effects of weak, sequentially complex magnetic fields.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1997, 85, 204-206.

Persinger, M.A.  Depression following brain trauma is enhanced in patients with mild discrepancies between intelligence and impairment on neuropsychological scores.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1997, 84, 1284-1286.

Persinger, M.A.  Reported prevalence of unconsciousness from mechanical impact to the head in university populations during a fifteen-year period.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1997, 85, 445-446.

Persinger, M.A.  I would kill in God’s name: Role of sex, weekly church attendance, report of a religious experience and limbic lability.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1997, 85, 128-130.

Persinger, M.A., Peredery, O., Bureau, Y.R.J., & Cook, L.L.  Emergent properties following brain injury: The claustrum as a major component of a pathway that influences nociceptive thresholds to foot shock in rats.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1997, 85, 387-398.

Persinger, M.A., Richards, P.M., & Koren, S.A. Differential entrainment of electroencephalographic activity by weak complex electromagnetic fields. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1997, 84, 527-536.

Thomas, A.W., & Persinger, M.A.  Daily post-training exposure to pulsed magnetic fields that evoke morphine-like analgesia affects consequent motivation but not proficiency in maze learning in rats. Electro- and Magnetobiology, 1997, 16(1), 33-41.

Cook, L.L., & Persinger, M.A.  “Subclinical” dosages of lithium and pilocarpine that do not evoke overt seizures affect long-term spatial memory but not learning in rats. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1998, 86, 1288-1290.

Mulligan, S., & Persinger, M.A. Perinatal exposure to ELF (0.5 Hz) rotating magnetic fields demasculinizes neuronal density in the medial preoptic nucleus of male rats. Neuroscience Letters, 1998, 253, 29-32.

O'Gorman, K.A., & Persinger, M.A. Hypnotic induction profiles, contextual innuendo and delayed intrusion errors for a narrative: searching for mediating variables. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1998, 87, 587-593.

Persinger, M.A. Anticipatory cues can interfere with inhibitory operant behavior in the rat. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1998, 87, 304-306.

Persinger, M.A. Putative perception of rotating permanent magnetic fields following ingestion of LSD. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1998, 87, 601-602.

Persinger, M.A., & Koren, S.A.  Persistent elevation of nocturnal activity in rodents following apparent recovery from lithium/pilocarpine-induced limbic seizures.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1998, 86, 1243-1248.

Persinger, M.A., Peredery, O., Desjardins, D., & Eastman, A. Ventricular dilatation over several weeks following induction of excitotoxic (systemic lithium/pilocarpine) lesions: Potential role of damage to the substantia nigra reticulata. International Journal of Neuroscience, 1998, 94, 63-74.

Persinger, M.A., Webster, D., & Tiller, S.G.  SPECT (HMPAO) support for the activation of the medial prefrontal cortices during toe graphaesthesia. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1998, 87, 59-63.

Renton, C.M., & Persinger, M.A.  Elevations of complex partial epileptic-like experiences during increased geomagnetic activity for women reporting premenstrual syndrome.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1998, 86, 240-242.

Richards, P.M., & Persinger, M.A. Numbers of details in the reconstruction of an emotional narrative decrease linearly as a function of time. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1998, 87, 216-218.

Richards, P.M., Persinger, M.A., & Michel, R.N. Ontogeny of two-point discrimination for fingers and toes in children (ages 7 through 15 years). Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1998, 86, 1259-1262.

St-Pierre, L.S., & Persinger, M.A. Geophysical variables and behavior: LXXXIV. Quantitative increases in group aggression in male epileptic rats during increases in geomagnetic activity. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1998, 86, 1392-1394.

St-Pierre, L.S., Persinger, M.A., & Koren, S.A. Experimental induction of intermale aggressive behavior in limbic epileptic rats by weak, complex magnetic fields: implications for geomagnetic activity and the modern habitat? International Journal of Neuroscience, 1998, 96, 149-159.

Tiller, S.G., & Persinger, M.A. Test-retest scores for patients who display neuropsychological impairment following “mild head injuries” from mechanical impacts. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1998, 86, 1240-1242.

Cook, L.L., & Persinger, M.A. Infiltration of lymphocytes in the limbic brain following stimulation of subclinical cellular immunity and low dosages of lithium and a cholinergic agent. Toxicology Letters, 1999, 109, 77-85.

Cook, C.M., Koren, S.A., & Persinger, M.A. Subjective time estimation  by humans is increased by counterclockwise but not clockwise circumcerebral rotations of phase-shifting magnetic pulses in the horizontal plane. Neuroscience Letters, 1999, 268, 61-64.

McKay, B.E., & Persinger, M.A.  Geophysical variables and behavior: LXXXVII. Effects of synthetic and natural geomagnetic patterns on maze learning.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1999, 89, 1023-1024.

O'Connor, R.P., & Persinger, M.A.  Geophysical variables and behavior: Sudden infant death, bands of geomagnetic activity, and pc1 (0.2 to  5 Hz) geomagnetic pulsations. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1999, 88, 391-397.

Persinger, M.A. Wars and increased solar-geomagnetic activity: Aggression or change in intraspecies dominance? Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1999, 88, 1351-1355.

Persinger, M.A. On the nature of space-time in the perception of phenomena in science. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1999, 88, 1210-1216.

Persinger, M.A.  Discrepancies between standardized measures of cognitive level and Halstead-Reitan Impairment Indices as inferences of brain damage following head injuries.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1999, 89, 629-641.

Persinger, M.A.  Is there more than one source for the temporal binding factor for human consciousness?  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1999, 89, 1259-1262.

Persinger, M.A. Increased emergence of alpha activity over the left but not the right hemisphere within a dark acoustic chamber: Differential response of the left but not the right hemisphere to transcerebral magnetic fields. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 1999, 34, 163-169.

Persinger, M.A., & Bélanger-Chellew, G.   Facilitation of seizures in limbic epileptic rats by complex 1 microtesla magnetic fields.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1999, 89, 486-492.

Persinger, M.A., & Hodge, K.-A. Geophysical variables and behavior: geomagnetic activity as a partial parturitional trigger- are male babies more affected than female babies? Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1999, 88, 1177-1180.

Persinger, M.A., Moulden, J.A., & Richards, P.M.  Incremental improvement of dichotic left ear accuracy and toe gnosis between 9 and 10 years of age: implications for maturation of a portion of the corpus callosum and the sense of self. Laterality, 1999, 4, 379-387.

Persinger, M.A., & O’Connor, R.P.  A linear relationship between postnatal geomagnetic activity and self reports of epileptic seizures in young adults. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1999, 89, 368-370.

Persinger, M.A., & Tiller, S.G. Personality not intelligence or educational achievement differentiate university students who access special needs for “learning disabilities”. Social Behavior and Personality, 1999, 27, 1-10.

Persinger, M.A., Tiller, S.G., & Koren, S.A. Background sound pressure fluctuations (5 db) from overhead ventilation systems increase subjective fatigue of university students during three-hour lectures. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1999, 88, 451-456.

McKay, B.E., & Persinger, M.A.  Application timing of complex magnetic fields delineates windows of posttraining-pretesting vulnerability for spatial and motivational behaviors in rats.  International Journal of Neuroscience, 2000, 103, 69-77.

Moulden, J.A., & Persinger, M.A.  Delayed left ear accuracy during childhood and early adolescence as indicated by Roberts’ Dichotic Listening Test.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2000, 90, 893-898.

Persinger, M.A.  Cattell 16 personality profiles of patients following closed-head injuries.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2000, 90, 25-26.

Persinger, M.A.  Subjective improvement following treatment with carbamazepine (Tegretol) for a subpopulation of patients with traumatic brain injuries.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2000, 90, 37-40.

Persinger, M.A., Cook, L.L., & Koren, S.A. Suppression of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in rats by brief, hourly nocturnal pulses of nanoTesla complex magnetic fields that simulate geomagnetic activity. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2000, 100, 107-116.

Persinger, M.A., Tiller, S.G., & Koren, S.A.  Experimental simulation of a haunt experience and paroxysmal electroencephalographic activity by transcerebral complex magnetic fields: Induction of a synthetic ghost? Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2000, 90, 659-674.

Stewart, L.S., & Persinger, M.A. Pre-training exposure to physiologically patterned electromagnetic stimulation attenuates fear-conditioned analgesia. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2000, 100, 91-98.

Cook, L.L., Persinger, M.A., & Koren, S.A. Differential effects of low frequency, low intensity (< 6 mG) nocturnal magnetic fields upon infiltration of mononuclear cells and numbers of mast cells in Lewis rat brains. Toxicology Letters, 2000, 118, 9-19.

Peredery, O., Persinger, M.A., Parker, G., & Mastrosov, L. Temporal changes in neuronal dropout following inductions of lithium/ pilocarpine seizures in the rat. Brain Research, 2000, 881, 9-17.

Cook, L.L., & Persinger, M.A. Suppression of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis is specific to frequency and intensity of nocturnally applied, intermittent magnetic fields in rats. Neuroscience Letters, 2000, 292, 171-174.

Chrétien, R.D., & Persinger, M.A. “Prefrontal deficits” discriminate young offenders from age-matched controls: Juvenile delinquency as an expected feature of the normal distribution of prefrontal cerebral development. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2000, 87, 1196-1202.

McKay, B.E., Persinger, M.A., & Koren, S.A.  Exposure to a theta-burst patterned magnetic field impairs memory acquisition and consolidation for contextual but not discrete conditioned fear in rats. Neuroscience Letters, 2000, 292, 99-102.

Persinger, M.A., & Lalonde, C-A. Right to left hemispheric shift in occipital electroencephalographic responses related to Kimura figures. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2000, 91, 273-278.

Cook, C.M., & Persinger, M.A.  Geophysical variables and behavior: XCII. Experimental elicitation of the experience of a sentient being by right hemispheric, weak magnetic fields: Interaction with temporal lobe sensitivity. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2001, 92, 447-448.

Derr, J.S., & Persinger, M.A.  Geophysical variables and behavior: XCV. Annual January rainfall may modulate the incidence of luminous phenomena within the San Francisco Basin. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2001, 92, 1180-1190.

Desjardins, D., Parker, G., Cook, L.L., & Persinger, M.A.  Agonistic behavior in groups of limbic epileptic male rats: Pattern of brain damage and moderating effects from normal rats. Brain Research, 2001, 905, 26-33.

Dixon, S.J., & Persinger, M.A.  Suppression of analgesia in rats induced by morphine or L-Name but not both drugs by microtesla, frequency-modulated magnetic fields. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2001, 108, 87-97.

Golanski, A.J., McKay, B.E., & Persinger, M.A.  Postnatal anoxia from CO₂ for one minute produces sex-specific changes in contextual fear conditioning in adult rats.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2001, 93, 677-678.

Healey, F., & Persinger, M.A.  Experimental production of illusory (false) memories in reconstructions of narratives: Effect size and potential mediation by right hemispheric stimulation from complex, weak magnetic fields. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2001, 106, 195-207.

Lafrenière, G.F., & Persinger, M.A.  Mast cell numbers in the young rat thalamus: A search for control factors. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2001, 108, 69-85.

Lafrenière, G.F., Persinger, M.A., & Lafrenière, R.F.  Effects of permanent residence with foster mothers and new siblings upon numbers of mast cells within the thalamus of preweaned rats. Psychological Reports, 2001, 88, 625-626.

Persinger, M.A. Geophysical variables and behavior: X.C. What people consider strange: change in proportions of reports of Fortean phenomena over time. Psychological Reports, 2001, 88, 89-90.

Persinger, M.A. Shifting gustatory thresholds and food cravings during pregnancy as expanding uterine-induced steady potential shifts within the insula: An hypothesis. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2001, 92, 50-52.

Persinger, M.A.   The neuropsychiatry of paranormal experiences.  Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 2001, 13(4), 515-524.

Persinger, M.A., & Bélanger-Chellew, G.  Brief successive temporal observational sampling as a possible indicator of daily overt seizure activity in epileptic rats. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2001, 92, 95-98.

Persinger, M.A., & Chellew-Bélanger, G.  Synchronized feeding as a “conditioned stimulus” for overt seizures in chronically (limbic) epileptic rats: a model for “psychogenic seizures” with complex partial epilepsy. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2001, 106, 169-184.

Persinger, M.A., & Koren, S.A. Experiences of spiritual visitation and impregnation: Potential induction by frequency-modulated transients from an adjacent clock. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2001, 92, 35-36.

Persinger, M.A., Koren, S.A., & O’Connor, R.P.  Geophysical variables and behavior: CIV. Power-frequency magnetic field transients (5 Microtesla) and reports of haunt experiences within an electronically dense house. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2001, 92, 673-674.

Persinger, M.A., & Mulligan, S.  Decreased density of neurons in the medial preoptic nucleus and increased testicular weights for rats exposed perinatally to an 0.5 Hz rotating magnetic field. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2001, 108, 99-107.

Persinger, M.A., & O’Connor, R.P.  Geophysical variables and behavior: CIII. Days with sudden infant deaths and cardiac arrhythmias in adults share a factor with PC1 geomagnetic pulsations: Implications for pursuing mechanism. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2001, 92, 653-654.

Persinger, M.A., O'Connor, R.P., Bureau, Y.R.J., Parker, G.H., Peredery, O., & Zegil, M. Synergistic induction of severe hypothermia (poikilothermia) by limbic seizures, acepromazine and physical restraint: Role of noradrenergic á-1 receptors. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2001, 70, 341-352.

Persinger, M.A., St-Pierre, L.S., & Koren, S.A. Geophysical Variables and Behavior: XCI. Ambulatory behavior in rats following prenatal exposures to complex magnetic fields designed to interact with genetic expression. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2001, 92, 183-192.

Santi, S.A., Cook, L.L., Persinger, M.A., & O’Connor, R.P.  Normal spatial memory following postseizure treatment with ketamine: Selective damage attenuates memory deficits in brain-damaged rodents.  International Journal of Neuroscience, 2001, 107, 63-75.

Stewart, L.S., Leung, L.S., & Persinger, M.A. Diurnal variation in pilocarpine-induced generalized tonic-clonic seizure activity. Epilepsy Research, 2001, 44, 207-212.

Stewart, L.S., & Persinger, M.A.   Ketamine prevents learning impairment when administered immediately after status epilepticus onset.  Epilepsy and Behavior, 2001, 2, 585-591.

Vaillancourt, L.N., & Persinger, M.A.  Normalization of spatial learning despite brain damage in rats receiving ketamine after seizure-induction: Evidence or the neuromatrix. Psychological Reports, 2001, 88, 102-110.

Suess, L.A.H., & Persinger, M.A.   Geophysical variables and behavior: XCVI. “Experiences” attributed to Christ and Mary at Marmora, Ontario, Canada may have been consequences of environmental electromagnetic stimulation: Implications for religious movements.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2001, 93, 435-450.

Jedrzejko, C., & Persinger, M.A.   Weight gain in postseized rats is facilitated by adding aspirin, glucose, or glucose-taurine-acetaminophen to food mush.  Psychological Reports, 2001, 89, 188-190.

Murphy, T., & Persinger, M.A.  Complex partial epileptic-like experiences in university students and practitioners of Dharmakaya in Thailand: Comparison with Canadian university students.  Psychological Reports, 2001, 89, 199-206.

Galic, M.A., & Persinger, M.A. Voluminous sucrose consumption in female rats: Increased “nippiness” during periods of sucrose removal and possible oestrus periodicity. Psychological Reports, 2002, 90, 58-60.

Persinger, M.A., Stewart, L.S., Richards, P.M., Harrigan, T., O'Connor, R.P., & Bureau, Y.R.J.  Seizure onset times for rats receiving systemic lithium and pilocarpine: Sources of variability. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2002, 71, 7-17.

Ryczko, M. C. & Persinger,  M.A. Increased analgesia to thermal stimulation in rats after brief exposures to complex pulsed 1 microTesla magnetic fields. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2002, 95, 592-598.

Tiller, S.G., & Persinger, M.A.   Geophysical variables and behavior: XCVII. Increased proportions of the left-sided sense of presence induced experimentally by right hemispheric application of specific frequency-modulated) complex magnetic fields.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2002, 94, 26-28.

Persinger, M.A., & Lalonde, C-A. Hemispheric asymmetry (lateralization) in electroencephalographic activity while viewing familiar and unfamiliar patterns from Kimura Figures. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2002, 112, 65-79.

Persinger, M.A., & Tiller, S.G.  Intratest and intertest means and reliability of the MMPI-168 for university students and patients referred for neuropsychological assessment. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2002, 94, 1143-1150.

Persinger, M.A., Chellew-Bellanger, G., & Tiller, S.G.  Bilingual men but not women display less left ear but not right ear accuracy during dichotic word listening compared to monolinguals. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2002, 112, 55-63.

Persinger, M.A., Roll, W.G., Tiller, S.G., Koren, S.A., & Cook, C. M.  Remote viewing with the artist Ingo Swann: Neuropsychological profile, electroencephalographic correlates, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and possible mechanisms. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2002, 94, 927-949.

Roll, W.G., Persinger, M.A., Webster, D.L., Tiller, S.G., & Cook, C.M.  Neurobehavioral and neurometabolic (SPECT) correlates of paranormal information: Involvement of the right hemisphere and its sensitivity to weak complex magnetic fields. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2002, 112, 197-224.

Richards, M.A., Koren, S.A., & Persinger, M.A. Circumcerebral application of weak complex magnetic fields with derivatives and changes in electroencephalographic power spectra within the theta range: implications for states of consciousness. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2002, 95, 671-686.

Persinger, M.A., Cook, C.M., & Tiller, S.G.  Enhancement of images of possible memories of others during exposure to circumcerebral magnetic fields: correlations with ambient geomagnetic activity. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2002, 95, 531-543.

Persinger, M.A. Geophysical variables and behavior: Ambient geomagnetic activity and experiences of “memories”: Interactions with gender and implications for receptive psi experiences. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2002, 94, 1271-1282.

Koren, S.A. & Persinger, M.A. Possible disruption of remote viewing by complex weak magnetic fields around the stimulus site and the possibility of accessing real phase space: a pilot study. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2002, 95, 989-998.

Duggan, G., Peredery, O., & Persinger, M.A.  Effects of acute and repeated stress and onset of skin cancer in mice. Psychological Reports, 2002, 95, 953-954.

Kinoshameg, S.E., & Persinger, M.A. Working memory and reference memory in adult rats following limbic seizures induced at 21 or 90 days of age. Psychological Reports, 2002, 91, 729-730.

Booth, J.N., Charette, J.C., & Persinger, M.A.  Ranking of stimuli that evoked memories in significant others after exposure to circumcerebral magnetic fields: correlations with ambient geomagnetic activity. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2002, 95, 555-558.

Persinger, M.A., Roll, W.G., Tillers, S.G., Koren, S.A. & Cook, C.M. Remote viewing with the artist Ingo Swann: neuropsychological profile, electroencephalographic correlates, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and possible mechanisms. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2002, 94, 927-949.

Persinger, M.A., & Healey, F.  Experimental facilitation of the sensed presence: possible intercalation between the hemispheres induced by complex magnetic fields. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, 2002, 190, 533-541.

Persinger, M.A., & St-Pierre, L.S. The brain matrix and multifocal brain damage following a single injection of ketamine in young adult rats: conspicuous changes in old age. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2002, 95, 897-900.

McKay, B.E., & Persinger, M.A.  Complex magnetic fields potentiate agmatine-mediated contextual fear learning deficits in rats. Life Sciences, 2003, 72, 2489-2498.

McKay, B.E., St-Pierre, L.S., & Persinger, M.A.  Radial maze proficiency of adult Wistar rats given prenatal complex magnetic field treatments. Developmental Psychobiology, 2003, 42, 1-8.

Persinger, M.A.  Rats’ preferences for an analgesic compared to water: an alternative to "killing the rat so it does not suffer". Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2003, 96, 674-680.

Persinger, M.A. The sensed presence within experimental settings: implications for the male and female concept of self. The Journal of Psychology, 2003, 137, 5-16.

Persinger, M.A. A brief (one hour) quantitative neuropsychological assessment with three performance-based tests: strong concordance with proficiency scores for a more extensive test battery. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2003, 96, 647-652.

Martin, L.J., & Persinger, M.A. Spatial heterogeneity not homogeneity of the magnetic field during exposures to complex frequency-modulated patterns facilitates analgesia. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2003, 96, 1005-102.

Baker-Price, L., & Persinger, M.A. Intermittent burst-firing weak (1 microTesla) magnetic fields reduce psychometric depression in patients who sustained closed head injuries: a replication and electroencephalographic validation. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2003, 96, 965-974.

McKay, B.E., Koren, S.A., & Persinger, M.A. Behavioral effects of combined perinatal L-Name and 0.5 Hz magnetic field treatments. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2003, 113, 119-139.

Persinger, M.A., Koren, S.A, & Tsang, E.W. Enhanced power within a specific band of theta activity in one person while another receives circumcerebral pulsed magnetic fields: a mechanism of influence at a distance? Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2003, 97, 877-894.

Booth, J.N., Koren, S.A., & Persinger, M.A. Increased proportions of sensed presences and occipital spikes with 1- and 10-msec point durations of continuous 7-Hz transcerebral magnetic fields. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2003, 97, 951-952.

McKay, B.E., & Persinger, M.A. Conditioned taste aversion is not disrupted in rats exposed to weak, complex magnetic fields during the CS-UCS interval. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2003, 97, 1335-1338.

Lado, W.E., & Persinger, M.A. Mechanical impacts to the skulls of rats produce specific deficits in maze performance and weight loss: evidence for apoptosis of cortical neurons and implications for clinical neuropsychology. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2003, 97, 115-1127.

Sculthorpe, L., & Persinger, M.A. Does phase-modulation of applied 40 Hz transcerebral magnetic fields affect subjective experiences and hypnotic induction? Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2003, 97, 1031-1037.

Hill, D.R., & Persinger, M.A. Application of transcerebral, weak (1 microT) complex magnetic fields and mystical experiences: are they generated by field-induced dimethyltryptamine release from the pineal organ? Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2003, 97, 1049-1050.

St-Pierre, L.S., & Persinger, M.A.  Conspicuous histomorphological anomalies in the hippocampal formation of rats exposed perinatally to a complex sequenced magnetic field within the nanoTesla range. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2003, 97, 1307-1314.

Persinger, M.A. Weak-to-moderate correlations between daily geomagnetic activity and reports of diminished pleasantness: a nonspecific source for multiple behavioral correlates? Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2004, 98, 58-60.

Richards, P.M., & Persinger, M.A.  Agility, agnosia, and graphaesthesia for toes and fingers in children: normative data (7 to 14 years) and clinical comparisons, International Journal of Neuroscience, 2004, 114, 17-29.

Fitzpatrick, R.E., & Persinger, M.A. Weekly treatments with a burst-firing magnetic field alters behavior in the elevated plus maze after two sessions. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2004, 98, 983-984.

Galic, M.A., & Persinger, M.A. Geomagnetic activity during the previous day is correlated with increased consumption of sucrose during subsequent days: is increased geomagnetic activity aversive? Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2004, 98, 1126-1128.

Fournier, N.M., & Persinger, M.A. Geophysical variables and behavior: C. Increased geomagnetic activity on days of commercial air crashes attributed to computer or pilot error but not mechanical failure. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2004, 98, 1219-1224.

Martin, L.J., Koren, S.A., & Persinger, M.A. Thermal analgesic effects form weak, complex magnetic fields and pharmacological interactions. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2004, 78, 217-227.

Persinger, M.A., & Dupont, M.J. Emergence of spontaneous seizures during the year following lithium/pilocarpine-induced epilepsy and neuronal loss within the right temporal cortices. Epilepsy and Behavior, 2004, 5, 440-445.

McKay, B.E., & Persinger, M.A. Lithium ion "cyclotron resonance" magnetic fields decrease seizure onset times in lithium-pilocarpine seized rats: a nonlinear intensity effect. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2004, 114, 1035-1045.

Tsang, E.W., Koren, S.A., & Persinger, M.A. Power increases within the gamma range over the frontal and occipital regions during acute exposures to cerebrally counterclockwise rotating magnetic fields with specific derivatives of change. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2004, 114, 1183-1193.

McKay, B.E., & Persinger, M.A. Normal spatial and contextual learning for ketamine-treated rats in the pilocarpine epilepsy model. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2004, 78, 111-119.

Martin, L.J., Koren, S.A., & Persinger, M.A. Influence of a complex magnetic field application in rats upon thermal nociceptive thresholds: the importance of polarity and timing. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2004, 114, 1259-1276.

Martin, L.J., & Persinger, M.A. Thermal analgesia induced by 30-min exposure to 1 microTesla burst-firing magnetic fields is strongly enhanced in a dose-dependent manner by the alpha-2 agonist clonidine in rats. Neuroscience Letters, 2004, 366, 226-229.

Fournier, N.M., & Persinger, M.A. The neuromatrix and the epileptic brain: behavioral and learning preservation in limbic epileptic rats treated with ketamine but not acepromazine. Epilepsy and Behavior, 2004, 5, 119-127.

Persinger, M.A. Perceived dangerousness to public safety of paraphrases from The Koran, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Tibetan Book of the Dead and Egyptian Book of the Dead. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2004, 98, 1345-1355.

Peredery, O., & Persinger, M.A. Herbal treatment following post-seizure induction in rat by lithium pilocarpine: Scutellaria lateriflora (SCULLCAP), Gelsemium sempervirens (GELSEMIUM) and Datura stramonium (JIMSON WEED) may prevent development of spontaneous seizures. Phytotherapy Research, 2004, 18, 700-705.

Dupont, M.J., McKay, B.E., Parker, G., & Persinger, M.A. Geophysical variables and behavior: XCIX. Reductions in numbers of neurons within the parasolitary nucleus in rats exposed perinatally to a magnetic pattern designed to imitate geomagnetic continuous pulsations: implications for Sudden Infant Death. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2004, 98, 958-966.

Tsang, E.W., Koren, S.A., & Persinger, M.A.  Electrophysiological and quantitative electro-encephalographic measurements after treatment by transcerebral magnetic fields generated by compact disc through a computer sound card: the Shakti treatment. International Journal of Neuroscience, 114, 1013-1024.

Kinoshameg, S.A., & Persinger, M.A. Suppression of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in rats by 50 nT, 7 Hz amplitude-modulated nocturnal magnetic fields depends on when after inoculation the fields are applied. Neuroscience Letters, 2004, 370, 166-170.

Persinger, M.A., O’Donovan, C.A., McKay, B. E., & Koren, S.A. Sudden death in rats exposed to nocturnal magnetic fields that simulate the shape and intensity of sudden geomagnetic activity. International Journal of Biometeorology, 2005, 49, 256-261.

Dupont, M.J., Parker, G., & Persinger, M.A. Reduced litter sizes following 48-hr of prenatal exposure to 5 nT to 10 nT, 0.5 Hz magnetic fields: implications for sudden infant deaths. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2005, 115, 713-715.

Booth, J.C., Koren, S.A., & Persinger, M.A. Increased feelings of the sensed presence and increased geomagnetic activity at the time of the experience during exposures to transcerebral weak complex magnetic fields. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2005, 115, 1039-1065.

McKay, B.E., & Persinger, M.A. Complex magnetic fields enable static magnetic field cue use for rats in radial maze tasks. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2005, 115, 625-648.

Persinger, M.A., & Koren, S.A. A response to Granqvist et al "Sensed presence and mystical experiences are predicted by suggestibility, not by application of transcranial weak magnetic fields," Neuroscience Letters, 2005, 308, 346-347.

St-Pierre, L.S., & Persinger, M.A. Extreme obesity in one year old female rats in which seizures were induced before puberty by lithium/pilocarpine followed by a single injection of acepromazine. Epilepsy and Behavior, 2005, 7, 411-418.

Martin, L.J., & Persinger, M.A. Thermal analgesic effects from weak (1 microT), complex magnetic fields: critical parameters. Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2005, 24, 65-85.

Martin, L.J., & Persinger, M.A. The influence of various pharmacological agents on the analgesia induced by an applied complex magnetic field treatment: a receptor system potpourri. Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2005, 24, 87-97.

Galic, M.A., & Persinger, M.A. Sucrose ingestion decreases seizure onset time in female rats treated with lithium and pilocarpine. Epilepsy and Behavior, 2005, 6, 552-555.

St-Pierre, L.S., & Persinger, M.A. Experimental facilitation of the sensed presence is predicted by specific patterns of applied magnetic fields not by suggestibility: re-analyses of 19 experiments. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2006, 116, 1-18.

Persinger, M.A. A potential multiple resonance mechanism by which weak magnetic fields affect molecules and medical problems: the example of melatonin and experimental "multiple sclerosis". Medical Hypotheses, 2006, 66, 811-815.

McKay, B.E., & Persinger, M.A. Weak, physiologically relevant magnetic fields disrupt maze performance in seized rats normalized with ketamine: possible support for the neuromatrix concept? Epilepsy and Behavior, 2006, 8, 137-144.

Santi, S. A., Parker, G. H., Schanffner, N. P., Capodagli, L., & Persinger, M. A. Prevalence, intensity, and geographic distribution of sinus worm (Skrjabingylus nasicola) infection in mink (Mustela vison) of central Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2006, 84, 1011-1018.

Persinger, M.A., & Koren, S.A. A theory of neurophysics and quantum neuroscience: implications for brain function and the limits of consciousness. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2007, 117, 157-175.

St-Pierre, L.S., & Persinger, M.A. Ambulatory effects of brief exposures to magnetic fields changing orthogonally in space over time. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2007, 117, 417-420

Delparte, J.J., & Persinger, M.A. Brief exposures to theta-burst magnetic fields impair the consolidation of food-induced conditioned place preference. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2007, 117, 177-181.

Galic, M.A., & Persinger, M.A. Diverse physiological consequences of long-term sucrose consumption in female rats. Nutritional Neuroscience, 2007,  10, 59-66.

Persinger, M.A.  Differential numbers of foci of lymphocytes within the brains of Lewis rats exposed to weak complex nocturnal magnetic fields during development of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2007, in press.

Stewart, L.S., Persinger, M.A., Cortez, M.A., & Snead. O.C.  Chronobiometry of behavioral activity in the Ts65Dn model of Down Syndrome. Behavioral Genetics, 2007, in press.

Meli, S.C., & Persinger, M.A.  Red light facilitates the sensed presence elicited by application of weak, burst-firing magnetic fields. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2008, in press.

Galic, M.A., & Persinger, M.A. Lagged association between geomagnetic activity and diminished nocturnal pain thresholds in mice. Bioelectromagnetics, 2007, 28, 577-579.

Whissell, P.M., & Persinger, M.A. Emerging synergisms between drugs and physiologically-patterned weak magnetic fields: implications for neuropharmacology and the human population in the twenty-first century. Current Neuropharmacology, 2007, 5, 278-288.

St-Pierre, L.S., Parker, G.H., Bubenik, G.A., & Persinger, M.A. Enhanced mortality of rat pups following inductions of epileptic seizures after perinatal exposures to 5 nT, 7 Hz magnetic fields. Life Sciences, 2007, 81. 1496-1500.

Whissell, P.D., & Persinger, M.A.  Developmental effects of prenatal exposure to extremely weak 7 Hz magnetic fields and postnatal nitric oxide modulation in the Wistar rat. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 2007, 25, 433-439.

Stewart, L.S., Nylen, K.J., Persinger, M.A., Cortex, M.A., Gibson, K.M., & Snead, O.C. Circadian disruption of generalized tonic-clonic seizures associated with murine succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency, a disorder of GABA metabolism. Epilepsy and Behavior, 2008, in press.

St-Pierre, L.S., Mazzuchin, A., & Persinger, M.A. Behavioral, blood chemical, and hippocampal histomorphological differences in adult rats exposed prenatally to physiologically-patterned weak magnetic fields. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 2008, 84, 325-335.

Whissell, P.D., Tsang, E.W., Mulligan, B., & Persinger, M.A. Prenatal exposures to LTP-patterned magnetic fields: quantitative effects on specific limbic structures and acquisition of contextual conditioned fear. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2008, in press.

Persinger, M.A., Tsang, E.W., Booth, J.N., & Koren, S.A. Enhanced power within a predicted narrow band of theta activity during stimulation of another by circumcerebral weak magnetic fields after weekly spatial proximity: evidence of macroscopic quantum entanglement? NeuroQuantology, 2008, 7-21.

Whissell, P.D., Mulligan, B.P., Hunter, M.D., Wu, H.P., Parker, G.H., & Persinger, M.A. Developmental effects of 7 Hz, square wave magnetic fields and nitric oxide modulation on organ systems. The Open Toxicology Journal, 2008, 2, 7-12.

Persinger, M.A. Confounding variables within "referral controls" for children wit histories of sexual stimulation by adults: implications for erroneous attributions from "childhood sexual abuse". Social Behavior and Personality, 2008, 36, 665-672.

Persinger, M.A., Koren, S.A., & Lafreniere, G.F. A neuroquantological approach to how human thought might affect the universe. NeuroQuantology, 2008, 6, 262-271.

Persinger, M.A., Meli, S., & Koren, S.A. Quantitative discrepancy in cerebral hemispheric temperature associated with “two consciousnesses” is predicted by neuroQuantum relations. NeuroQuantology, 2008, 6, 369-378.

Lado, W.E., & Persinger, M.A. Increased conditioned immobility and weight loss in rats following mechanical impacts to the skull that do not produce loss of consciousness. Central European Journal of Biology, 2008, 3, 422-430.

Booth, J.N., Koren, S.A., & Persinger, M.A. Discrete shifts within the theta band between the frontal and parietal regions of the right hemisphere and the experience of the sensed presence. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2009, in press.

Persinger, M.A., & Tiller, S.A.  A prototypical spontaneous “sensed presence” of a Sentient Being and concomitant electroencephalographic activity in the clinical laboratory. Neurocase, 2008, 14, 425-430.

Booth, J.N., Koren, S.A., & Persinger, M.A. Increased theta activity in quantitative electro-encephalographic (QEEG) measurements during exposure to complex weak magnetic fields. Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2008, 27, 426-436.

Ross, M.L., Koren, S.A., & Persinger, M.A.  Physiologically patterned weak magnetic fields applied over left frontal lobe increase acceptance of false statements as true. Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2008, 27, 365-371.

Fournier, N.M., Galic, M.A., Kalynchuk, L.E., & Persinger, M.A. Profound hypothermia determines the anticonvulsant and neuroprotective effects of swim stress. Brain Research, 2008, 1240, 153-164.

St-Pierre, L.S., & Persinger, M.A. Behavioral changes in adult rats after prenatal exposures to complex weak magnetic fields. Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2008, 27, 355-364.

Persinger, M.A. On the possible representation of the electromagnetic equivalents of all adult memory within the earth’s magnetic field: implications for theoretical biology. Theoretical Biology Insights, 2008, 1, 3-11.

McDonald, K.K., & Persinger, M.A. Altered neuronal densities in sexually dimorphic structures: comparable effects from perinatal magnetic fields with nitric oxide synthase inhibitors and postnatal hypoxia. Neuroscience Letters, 2009, 450, 37-39.

Persinger, M.A. Are our brains structured to avoid refutations of the belief in God? An experimental study. Religion, 2009, 39, 34-42.

Persinger, M.A. The possible role of dynamic pressure from the interplanetary magnetic field on global warming. International Journal of Physical Sciences, 2009, 4, 44-46.

Mach, Q.H., & Persinger, M.A. Behavioral changes with brief exposures to weak magnetic fields patterned to stimulate long-term potentiation. Brain Research, 2009, 1261, 45-53.

Lagace, N., St-Pierre, L.S., & Persinger, M.A. Attenuation of epilepsy-induced brain damage in the temporal cortices of rats by exposure to LTP-patterned magnetic fields. Neuroscience Letters, 450, 147-151.

St-Pierre, L.S., Bubenik, G.A., Parker, G.H., & Persinger, M.A. Insidious weight gain in prepubertal seized rats treated with an atypical neuroleptic: the role of food consumption, fluid consumption, and spontaneous ambulatory activity. Epilepsy and Behavior, 2009, 14, 288-292.

George, K.R., Rico, T., St-Pierre, L.S., Dupont, M.J., Blomme, C.G, Mazzuchin, A., Stewart, L.S., & Persinger, M.A. Large differences in blood measures, tissue weights, and focal areas of damage 1 year after postseizure treatment with acepromazine or ketamine. Epilepsy and Behavior, 2009, 15, 98-105.

Persinger, M.A. A simple estimate for the mass of the universe: dimensionless Paramater A and the construct of “pressure”. Journal of Physics, Astrophysics and Physical Cosmology, 2009, 3(1), 1-3.