Abstract Title:

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

Abstract Source:

Brain Res. 2011 Jan 19 ;1369:1-9. Epub 2010 Oct 26. PMID: 21034725

Abstract Author(s):

Chao Wang, István Bókkon, Jiapei Dai, István Antal

Article Affiliation:

Wuhan Institute for Neuroscience and Neuroengineering, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, China.

Abstract:

Here, we present the first experimental in vitro evidence of the existence of spontaneous and visible light-induced ultraweak photon emission from freshly isolated whole eye, lens, vitreous humor, and retina samples from rats. These results suggest that the photochemical source of retinal discrete noise, as well as retinal phosphenes, may originate from natural bioluminescent photons within the eyes. During normal vision, the eyes are continuously exposed to ambient powerful photons that pass through various parts of the eyes, which can produce ultraweak delayed bioluminescent photons that arise from diverse parts of the eyes. Although the importance and possible role of ambient light-induced permanent delayed photons (within different parts of the eyes) during vision requires further investigation, our study may provide evidence of an origin of discrete dark noise and retinal phosphenes.

Study Type : Animal Study

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