2011/03/01 by Majid Rahnama, Jack A. Tuszyński, István Bókkon +3 · 1 voice · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Biofield Effects and Biophysics #Photoreceptor and optogenetics research #Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
paper · doi:10.1142/s0219635211002622
openalex publication_date 2011/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
In this paper we argue that, in addition to electrical and chemical signals propagating in the neurons of the brain, signal propagation takes place in the form of biophoton production. This statement is supported by recent experimental confirmation of photon guiding properties of a single neuron. We have investigated the interaction of mitochondrial biophotons with microtubules from a quantum mechanical point of view. Our theoretical analysis indicates that the interaction of biophotons and microtubules causes transitions/fluctuations of microtubules between coherent and incoherent states. A significant relationship between the fluctuation function of microtubules and alpha-EEG diagrams is elaborated on in this paper. We argue that the role of biophotons in the brain merits special attention.