Quantum energy levels of glutamate modulate neural biophotonic signals
- 26 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
- Vol. 20 (3), 343-356
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-021-00022-0
Abstract
Glutamate is the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain, and it plays an essential and important role in neural functions. Current studies have shown that glutamate can induce neural biophotonic activity and transmission, which may involve the mechanism of photon quantum brain; however, it is unclear whether such a mechanism follows the principle of quantum mechanics. Here we show that the action of glutamate on its receptors leads to a decrease in its quantum energy levels, and glutamate then partially or completely loses its function to further induce the biophotonic activity in mouse brain slices. The reduced quantum energy levels of glutamate can be restored by direct-current electrical discharges and the use of energy transfer of chloroplast photosynthesis; hence, the quantum energy recovered glutamate can again induce significant biophotonic activity. Furthermore, the changes in quantum energy levels of glutamate are related to the exchange and transfer of electron energy on its active hydrogen atom. These findings suggest that the glutamate-induced neural biophotonic signals may be involved in the transfer of the quantum energy levels of glutamate, which implies a quantum mechanism of neurotransmitter action.Keywords
Funding Information
- the Sci-Tech Support Plan of Hubei province (2014BEC086)
- the research funds of South-Central University for Nationalities (XTZ15014, KTZ20039, CZP 18003)
- the Wuhan frontier project for applied foundational research (2019020701011452)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (31640034)
- Young Scientists Fund (31700911)
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