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

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 160-166

  Bokkon I ^a   Salari, V ^b,c   Tuszynski, J A ^d   Antal, I ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Afzal Research Institute   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biophotons; Biophysical picture representation; Free radicals; Mitochondria; Neurons; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; FREE RADICAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL METABOLISM; CENTRIOLE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTON; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

FREE RADICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTONS; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954758714     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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