Two-dimensional photon counting imaging and spatiotemporal characterization of ultraweak photon emission from a rat's brain in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-168

  Kobayashi, Masaki ^a   Takeda, Motohiro ^a   Ito, Ken Ichi ^b   Kato, Hiroshi ^b   Inaba, Humio ^a,c  

^a Biophotonics Info Laboratories   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biophoton; Chemiluminescence; Imaging; Oxidative stress; Photon counting; Reactive oxygen

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; IMAGING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HEART ARREST; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032776744     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00140-5     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Adamo A.M., Llesuy S.F., Pasquini J.M., Boveris A. Brain chemiluminescence and oxidative stress in hyperthyroid rats. Biochem. J. 263:1989;273-277.
2. Amano T., Kobayashi M., Devaraj B., Usa M., Inaba H. Ultraweak biophoton emission imaging of transplanted bladder cancer. Urol. Res. 23:1995;315-318.
3. Boveris A., Cadenas E., Reiter R., Filipkowski M., Nakase Y., Chance B. Organ chemiluminescence: Noninvasive assay for oxidative radical reactions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 77:1980;347-351.
4. Bromont C., Marie C., Bralet J. Increased lipid peroxidation in vulnerable brain regions after transient forebrain ischemia in rats. Stroke. 20:1988;918-924.
5. Cadenas E., Boveris A., Chance B. Low-level chemiluminescence of biological systems. Proyor W.A. Free Radicals in Biology. 6:1984;211-242 Academic Press, New York.
6. Cilent G. Photobiochemistry without light. Experientia. 44:1988;572-576.
7. Devaraj B., Usa M., Inaba H. Biophotons: ultraweak light emission from living systems. Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. 2:1997;188-193.
8. Inaba H. Super-high sensitivity systems for detection and spectral analysis of ultraweak photon emission from biological cells and tissues. Experientia. 44:1988;550-559.
9. Kobayashi M., Devaraj B., Usa M., Tanno Y., Takeda M., Inaba H. Development and applications of new technology for two-dimensional space-time characterization and correlation analysis of ultraweak biophoton information. Front. Med. Biol. Eng. 7:1996;299-309.
10. Kobayashi M., Devaraj B., Usa M., Tanno Y., Takeda M., Inaba H. Two-dimensional imaging of ultraweak photon emission from germinating soybean seedlings with a highly sensitive CCD camera. Photochem. Photobiol. 65:1997;535-537.
11. Kobayashi M., Takeda M., Yoshida M., Ito K.-I., Usa M., Kato H., Inaba H. The first demonstration of 2D-imaging of ultraweak biophoton emission from rat brain in vivo. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 35(Suppl.):1997;673.
12. Kobayashi M., Devaraj B., Inaba H. Observation of super-Poisson statistics of bacterial (Photobacterium phosphoreum) bioluminescence during the early stage of cell proliferation. Phys. Rev. E. 57:1998;2129-2133.
13. Popp F.-A. Biophoton emission. Experientia. 44:1988;543-544.
14. Popp F.-A., Li K.H., Mei W.P., Galle M., Neurohr R. Physical aspects of biophotons. Experientia. 44:1988;576-585.
15. Slawinski J. Luminescence research and its reaction to ultraweak cell radiation. Experientia. 44:1988;559-571.
16. Traystman R.J., Kirsch J.R., Koehler R.C. Oxygen radical mechanisms of brain injury following ischemia and reperfusion. J. Appl. Physiol. 71:1991;1185-1195.
17. Usa M., Devaraj B., Kobayashi M., Takeda M., Ito H., Jin M., Inaba H. Detection and characterization of ultraweak biophotons from life processes. Ohzu H., Komatsu S. Optical Methods in Biomedical and Environmental Sciences. 1994;3-6 Elsevier, Amsterdam.
18. Van Wijk R., Schamhart D.H.J. Regulatory aspects of low intensity photon emission. Experientia. 44:1988;586-593.
19. Watson B.D., Busto R., Goldberg W.J., Santiso M., Yoshida S., Ginsberg M.D. Lipid peroxidation in vivo induced by reversible global ischemia in rat brain. J. Neurochem. 42:1984;268-274.