Picture representation during REM dreams: A redox molecular hypothesis

BioSystems

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-86

  Bókkon, István ^a   Dai, Jiapei ^b   Antal, István ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SOUTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

Author keywords

Bioluminescent photons; Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase rich areas; Radicals as signals; REM dream pictures; Retinotopically organized visual areas; Visual imagery

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SEROTONIN;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOPHYSICS; CYTOCHROME; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; RADICAL; REDOX CONDITIONS; VISUAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CELL ACTIVITY; COGNITION; DREAMING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTON; REM SLEEP; RETINA IMAGE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 77952954441     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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