Biophoton signal transmission and processing in the brain

Tang, Rendong; Dai, Jiapei

doi:10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2013.12.008

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“…Then donation program coordinators would arrange the transport of donated body to an approved autopsy center, where the brain was carefully removed according to a standard procedure and collected by CBBC. (5) 646.9 ± 1.53*** 591.1 ± 2.78*** 711.8 ± 0.0** Chicken (5) 667.3 ± 2.00*** 607.4 ± 2.97* 739.2 ± 1.96*** Pig (34) 682.3 ± 0.68*** 604.9 ± 1.29 777.7 ± 0.75*** Monkey (11) 696.9 ± 0.85*** 609.8 ± 1.76 806.1 ± 1.49*** Human (31) 714.6 ± 1.59*** 595.6 ± 2.13*** 865.3 ± 2.74*** F value; P value F = 399; P < 0.0001 F = 82; P < 0.0001 F = 569; P < 0.0001 λ ave , λ min , and λ max are the average, minimum, and maximum wavelength, respectively; N, the number of brain slices. Asterisks indicate a significant difference between the neighboring two groups: *P < 0.01; **P < 0.001; ***P < 0.0001.…”

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“…Communications and information-processing capacity between neurons in neural circuits play an important role in the realization of various neural functions, such as sensorimotor control, learning and memory, consciousness, and cognition. The neural network studies have indicated that neural signal transmission and encoding is in a nonlinear network mechanism (8)(9)(10), in which biophotons, also called ultraweak photon emission (UPE), may be involved (11). A recent study has demonstrated that glutamate, the most abundant neurotransmitter in the brain, could induce biophotonic activities and transmission in neural circuits (12), suggesting that biophotons may play a key role in neural information processing and encoding and may be involved in quantum brain mechanism (11,(13)(14)(15)(16); however, the importance of biophotons in relation to animal intelligence is not clear, in particular human high intelligence, such as problem-solving and analytical abilities.…”

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Human high intelligence is involved in spectral redshift of biophotonic activities in the brain

Wang

et al. 2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Human beings hold higher intelligence than other animals on Earth; however, it is still unclear which brain properties might explain the underlying mechanisms. The brain is a major energyconsuming organ compared with other organs. Neural signal communications and information processing in neural circuits play an important role in the realization of various neural functions, whereas improvement in cognitive function is driven by the need for more effective communication that requires less energy. Combining the ultraweak biophoton imaging system (UBIS) with the biophoton spectral analysis device (BSAD), we found that glutamate-induced biophotonic activities and transmission in the brain, which has recently been demonstrated as a novel neural signal communication mechanism, present a spectral redshift from animals (in order of bullfrog, mouse, chicken, pig, and monkey) to humans, even up to a near-infrared wavelength (∼865 nm) in the human brain. This brain property may be a key biophysical basis for explaining high intelligence in humans because biophoton spectral redshift could be a more economical and effective measure of biophotonic signal communications and information processing in the human brain.intelligence | ultraweak photon emissions | biophoton imaging | glutamate | brain slices D espite remarkable advances in our understanding of brain functions, it is still unclear why human beings hold higher intelligence than other animals on Earth and which brain properties might explain the differences (1). Early studies have proposed that brain size and the degree of encephalization [encephalization quotient (EQ)] might be related to the evolution of animal intelligence, including that of human beings (2-4), but, so far, the relationship between relative brain size and intelligence is inconclusive, and EQ is also not the best predictor of intelligence (1, 5-7). Communications and information-processing capacity between neurons in neural circuits play an important role in the realization of various neural functions, such as sensorimotor control, learning and memory, consciousness, and cognition. The neural network studies have indicated that neural signal transmission and encoding is in a nonlinear network mechanism (8-10), in which biophotons, also called ultraweak photon emission (UPE), may be involved (11). A recent study has demonstrated that glutamate, the most abundant neurotransmitter in the brain, could induce biophotonic activities and transmission in neural circuits (12), suggesting that biophotons may play a key role in neural information processing and encoding and may be involved in quantum brain mechanism (11, 13-16); however, the importance of biophotons in relation to animal intelligence is not clear, in particular human high intelligence, such as problem-solving and analytical abilities. We hypothesized that the spectral redshift of biophotonic activities and transmission in the brain may play a key role. Here, we have provided experimental evidence that glutamate-induced biophotonic activities an...

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Human high intelligence is involved in spectral redshift of biophotonic activities in the brain

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“…Here, a relevant result is that geometrical information fluxes of photons and phonons converted to scalar standing waves in a 4D toroidal topology can be considered the basis for the origin of consciousness states. Moreover, research of Tang and Dai suggested that bio-photons also may play a potential role in neural signal transmission and processing, contributing to the understanding of the high functions of nervous system (Tang and Dai, 2014). In this perspective, the evolution of life is an ongoing process running in the entire universe .…”

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Advanced Relativity: Multidimensionality of Consciousness and Mind, Origin of Life, PSI Phenomena

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Fiscaletti

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Evolution of life has its informational basis in higher dimensional Hilbert spaces which also represent the origin of consciousness and mind. The idea of neurology that mind has its origin in neuronal activity of the brain, which is three-dimensional, is here improved with the model that the mind states exist in higher dimensional Hilbert spaces. Mind is multidimensional and has the ability of PSI phenomena.

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“…UPE originates primarily from natural radical (redox) reactions and the deactivation of excited molecules (Imaizumi et al, 1984;Nakano, 2005;Kamal and Komatsu, 2015). Neurons produce UPE through radical reactions during normal metabolism (Artem'ev et al, 1967;Isojima et al, 1995;Zhang et al, 1997;Kataoka et al, 2001;Kobayashi et al, 1999a;Tang and Dai, 2014a;Salari et al, 2015).…”

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Endogenous spontaneous ultraweak photon emission in the formation of eye-specific retinogeniculate projections before birth

Bókkon¹,

Scholkmann

Salari

et al. 2016

Reviews in the Neurosciences

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AbstractIn 1963, it was suggested [Sperry, R.W. (1963). Chemoaffinity in the orderly growth of nerve fiber patterns and connections. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 50, 703–710.] that molecular cues can direct the development of orderly connections between the eye and the brain (the “chemoaffinity hypothesis”). In the same year, the amazing degree of functional accuracy of the visual pathway in the absence of any external light/photon perception prior to birth [Wiesel, T.N and Hubel, D.H. (1963). Single-cell responses in striate cortex of kittens deprived of vision in one eye. J. Neurophysiol. 26, 1003–1017.] was discovered. These recognitions revealed that the wiring of the visual system relies on innate cues. However, how the eye-specific retinogeniculate pathway can be developed before birth without any visual experience is still an unresolved issue. In the present paper, we suggest that Müller cells (functioning as optical fibers), Müller cell cone (i.e. the inner half of the foveola that is created of an inverted cone-shaped zone of Müller cells), discrete retinal noise of rods, and intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells might have key functions by means of retinal spontaneous ultraweak photon emission in the development of eye-specific retinogeniculate pathways prior to birth.

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Biophoton signal transmission and processing in the brain

Cited by 70 publications

References 68 publications

Human high intelligence is involved in spectral redshift of biophotonic activities in the brain

Human high intelligence is involved in spectral redshift of biophotonic activities in the brain

Advanced Relativity: Multidimensionality of Consciousness and Mind, Origin of Life, PSI Phenomena

Endogenous spontaneous ultraweak photon emission in the formation of eye-specific retinogeniculate projections before birth

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