Visual perception and imagery: A new molecular hypothesis |
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Authors: | I. Bó kkon |
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Affiliation: | Semmelweis University, Doctoral School of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Láng E. 68, H-1238 Budapest, Hungary |
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Abstract: | Here, we put forward a redox molecular hypothesis about the natural biophysical substrate of visual perception and visual imagery. This hypothesis is based on the redox and bioluminescent processes of neuronal cells in retinotopically organized cytochrome oxidase-rich visual areas. Our hypothesis is in line with the functional roles of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in living cells that are not part of haphazard process, but rather a very strict mechanism used in signaling pathways. We point out that there is a direct relationship between neuronal activity and the biophoton emission process in the brain. Electrical and biochemical processes in the brain represent sensory information from the external world. During encoding or retrieval of information, electrical signals of neurons can be converted into synchronized biophoton signals by bioluminescent radical and non-radical processes. Therefore, information in the brain appears not only as an electrical (chemical) signal but also as a regulated biophoton (weak optical) signal inside neurons. |
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Keywords: | Radicals as signals Regulated biophoton emission Retinotopically organized cytochrome oxidase (CO) rich visual areas Epigenetic information Visual perception and visual imagery |
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