Elastooptic photon signal modulation in collagenic fiber optics of tendon.
Biomater Med Devices Artif Organs
; 11(1): 83-92, 1983.
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ABSTRACT
In a test of a hypothesis of cell-to-cell communication via their endogeneous photon emissions, the nearly pure collagen fibers in tendon were found to exhibit the fiber optic property of axially conducting light, providing a mechanism for photon exchange between nonadjacent cells. Further, it was found that light penetrates farther along the tendon fibers when tension is applied to an end-illuminated tendon, establishing that an elastooptic mechanism exists for the modulation of photon signals in transit between cells, in the hypothesized system of cell-to-cell photon communication.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tendões
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Comunicação Celular
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Colágeno
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Tecnologia de Fibra Óptica
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biomater Med Devices Artif Organs
Ano de publicação:
1983
Tipo de documento:
Article