Spontaneous and visible light-induced ultraweak photon emission from rat eyes

Brain Research

Volumn 1369, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-9

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

^a SOUTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bioluminescent photons; Discrete dark noise; Lipid peroxidation; Retinal phosphenes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DARKNESS; EYE; ILLUMINATION; LENS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; VISION; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; EYE; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 78651097202     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.10.077     Document Type: Article

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