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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
Recently, we have proposed a redox molecular hypothesis about the natural biophysical substrate of visual perception and imagery [1,6]. Namely, the retina transforms external photon signals into electrical signals that are carried to the V1 (striatecortex). Then, V1 retinotopic electrical signals (spike-related electrical signals along classical axonal-dendritic pathways) can be converted into regulated ultraweak bioluminescent photons (biophotons) through redox processes within retinotopic visual neurons that make it possible to create intrinsic biophysical pictures during visual perception and imagery. However, the consensus opinion is to consider biophotons as by-products of cellular metabolism. This paper argues that biophotons are not by-products, other than originating from regulated cellular radical/redox processes. It also shows that the biophoton intensity can be considerably higher inside cells than outside. Our simple calculations, within a level of accuracy, suggest that the real biophoton intensity in retinotopic neurons may be sufficient for creating intrinsic biophysical picture representation of a single-object image during visual perception.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1873-2682
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
160-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Estimation of the number of biophotons involved in the visual perception of a single-object image: biophoton intensity can be considerably higher inside cells than outside.
pubmed:affiliation
Doctoral School of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Semmelweis University, Hungary. bokkoni@yahoo.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't