High Capacity Optical Channels for Bioinformation Transfer: Acupuncture Meridians

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-41

  Pokorný, Jiří ^a   Martan, Tomáš ^a   Foletti, Alberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain control; Communication; Electromagnetic activity; Meridian high capacity information transfer; Optical channels; Optical fibers

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; OSCILLATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VELOCITY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84856607688     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: 20938152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jams.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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