Scientific information

Below you will find (links to) recent scientific articles about the subjects covered in my lectures and workshops. At the end is a literature list with, wherever possible, links to articles and abstracts. Please be welcome to use this information for further deepening into these subjects.

Scientific articles (downloads)

Pineal gland

THE PINEAL GLAND – BIOLOGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS
By Saskia Bosman, Ph.D., Translated and updated from: Bosman S. (2003) De chemie van denken en bewustzijn (The chemistry of thinking and consciousness, Dutch with English
abstract), Tijdschrift voor Integrale Geneeskunde (TIG) 19/3, pp. 153-164
(a journal of complementary medicine).

PinealTIGpaperupdated

The Pineal Gland: Master Gland and Interface.
Saskia Bosman, PhD,  manuscript, published in Dutch: Bosman S. (2012), Pijnappelklier en bewustzijn in gezondheid en genezing (Pineal gland and consciousness in health and healing, Dutch with English
abstract), Tijdschrift voor Integrale Geneeskunde (TIG) 27/2012, pp. 75-84 (a journal of complementary medicine).

Pineal gland

Bosman Saskia & Van Dijk, Bob W.: Auditory Evoked Magnetic Fields from the Pineal Gland, Short Paper Proceedings ISEM (Interdisciplinary Electromagnetic, Mechanic & Biomedical Problems) 2005, Bad Gastein (Austria) P6-15 (Eds. Pfützner H. & Leiss E.) page 236-237.

ShortPaperPinealTNR

Pineal Gland and Consciousness

Bosman, Saskia: De pijnappelklier – biologie e bewustzijn (oorspronkelijk: De chemie van denken en bewustzijn, Tijdschrift voor Integrale Geneeskunde (TIG) 19/3(2003), p. 153-164 (Dutch with English abstract):

Pijnappeklierartikel TIG 2003

Self-repair brainwave article TIG 2003

Synchronization of brainwaves with the Schumann resonance

 

Pineal Gland, Health and Consciousness

Bosman, Saskia: Pijnappelklier en bewustzijn in gezondheid en genezing, Tijdschrift voor Integrale Geneeskunde, Jaargang 27 (2012), p.75-84. (Dutch with English abstract).

Pijnappelklier en bewustzijn in gezondheid en genezing TIG 2012

Literature from other authors

Includes older, but still actual literature

Neuroplasticiteit/Neuroplasticity

Lieff J., Neuroplasticity Primer and update (2013).

 

Influence of stress and relaxation on neuroplasticity and

Influence of meditation and yoga on neuroplasticity

Hölzel, B. K., Carmody, J., Vangel, M., Congleton, C., Yerramsetti, S. M., Gard, T., & Lazar, S. W. (2011). Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density. Neuroimaging, 191(1), 36-43.

Lazar, S. W., Kerr, C. E., Wasserman, R. H., Gray, J. R., Greve, D. N., Treadway, M. T., …& Fischl, B. (2005). Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness. Neuroreport,16(17), 1893-1897.

Lieff J., Meditation and the brain (2013).

Lieff J., Meditation and the brain update (2014).

Luders et al (2009): Luders, E., Toga, A. W., Lepore, N., & Gaser, C. (2009). The underlying anatomical correlates of long-term meditation: larger hippocampal and frontal volumes of gray matter. Neuroimage, 45(3), 672-678.

Malinowski Peter, Review article: Neural mechanisms of attentional control in mindfulness meditation, FrontiersinNeuroscience, Vol. 7(2013)p. 1-11.

Tang, Y. Y., Lu, Q., Fan, M., Yang, Y., & Posner, M. I. (2012). Mechanisms of white matter changes induced by meditation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(26), 10570-10574.

Vestergaard-Poulsen et al. (2009): Vestergaard-Poulsen, P., van Beek, M., Skewes, J., Bjarkam, C. R., Stubberup, M., Bertelsen, J., & Roepstorff, A. (2009). Long-term meditation is associated with increased gray matter density in the brain stem. Neuroreport, 20(2), 170-174.

Epigenetics

Epigenetics

Lieff J.: New Studies Reveal Higher Levels of Genetic Complexity.

 

Influence of stress and relaxation on epigenetics

Bhasin MK et al.: Relaxation Response Induces Temporal Transcriptome Changes in Energy Metabolism, Insulin Secretion and Inflammatory Pathways, PLOS ONE, 1 May 2013 | Volume 8 | Issue 5 | e62817.

 

Influence of meditation on epigenetics

Epel E. et al.: Can meditation slow rate of cellular aging? Cognitive stress, mindfulness, and telomeres, Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 August ; 1172: 34–53.

Hoge AE et al. (abstract): Loving-Kindness Meditation practice associated with longer telomeres in women, Brain Behav Immun. 2013 Aug;32:159-63.

Jacobs TL et al.: Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomeraseactivity, and psychological mediators, Psychoneuroendocrinology, June 2011Volume 36, Issue 5, Pages 664–681.

Jahnke R.: 21st Century Breakthrough Researching the Benefits of Mind-Body Practice by Investigating Genetic Expression.

Kaliman P et al.: Rapid changes in histone deacetylases and inflammatory gene expression in expert meditators, Psychoneuroendocrinology (2014) 40, 96—107.

Mae-Wan Ho: How Mind Changes Genes through Meditation.

 

Pineal Gland, biology

Calinescu A.-A. Et al., Transsynaptic activity-dependent regulation of axon branching and neurotrophin expression in vivo, J Neurosci 31(2011) p. 12708–12715.

Carlberg C., Gene regulation by melatonin, in: “Neuroimmunomodulation: Perpectives at the new millennium”, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 917, Conti A., Maestroni G.J.M., McCann S.M., Sternberg E.M., Lipton J.M., Smith C.C., Eds., New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 2000, p. 387-396.

Dafny N.. Electrophysiological evidence of photic, acoustic, and central input to the pineal body and hypothalamus, Experimental Neurology 55 (1977) 449-457.

Johnson F.H., Haneda Y. (1966), Bioluminescence in Progress, Princeton University Press.

Klein, David , “Evolution of The Vertebrate Pineal Gland: The Aanat Hypothesis“. Chronobiology International 23 (2006): 5–20.

Kobayashi A., Kirschvink J.L., Magnetoreception and electromagnetic field effects: sensory perception of the geomagnetic field in animals and humans, ACS Advances in Chemistry Series No. 250, “Electromagnetic Fields: Biological Interactions and Mechanisms”, Martin Blank (Ed.), American Chemical Society, 1995.

Lang S.B., Maroni A.A., Berkovic G., Fowler M., Abreo K.D., Piezoelectricity in the human pineal gland, Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics Vol. 41 (1996) p. 191-195.

Quay W.B., Pineal chemistry (in cellular and physiological mechanisms), Charles Thomas Publishers, Springfield, IL, USA, 1974.

Reiter R.J. (1977), The Pineal, In: Annual Research Reviews: The Pineal, Vol. 2, 1977, Eden Press, distributed by Churchill Livingstone.

Robinson S.E., Vrba J., Functional Neuroimaging by Synthetic Aperture Magnetometry (SAM). Recent Advances in Biomagnetism, Tohoku Univ. Press, Sendai, 1999 pp. 302-305.

Wehr T.A., In short photoperiods, human sleep is biphasic, Journal of Sleep Research Vol1(1992)p.103–107.

Welker HA, Vollrath L, The effects of a number of short-term exogenous stimuli on pineal serotonin-

N-acetyltransferase activity in rats, J Neural Transm. 1984;59(1):69-80.

Wurtman R.J., Axelrod J., Kelly D.E., The Pineal Gland, Academic Press, New York, London, 1968.

Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy, Faraguna U., Sleep and Synaptic Homeostasis in: Vyazovskiy_Faraguna_Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Yamada H., Ogura A., Koizumi S., Yamaguchi A., Moriyama Y., Acetylcholine Triggers l-Glutamate Exocytosis via Nicotinic Receptors and Inhibits Melatonin Synthesis in Rat Pinealocytes , The Journal of Neuroscience, 18(1998)p. 4946-4952.

 

Pineal Gland and Health

Anrri (company), How Blue Light Affects Your Eyes, https://anrri.com/blogs/education/blue-light-affects (with many refenrences to scientific papers).

Azevedo B.A., Audiogenic seizures and the pineal gland, Biol Psychiatry. 23(1988 )p. 734-740.

Baconnier S., New Crystal in the Pineal Gland: Characterization and Potential Role in Electromechano-Transduction, Proceedings of the XXVIIth URSI General Assembly in Maastricht (August 2002) p. 203

Bayliss C.R., Bishop N.L., Fowler R.C., Pineal gland calcification and defective sense of direction, British Medical Journal (Clinical Research edition) Vol. 291, issue 6511 (1985) p. 1758-1759.

Buchmann A., Ringli M., Kurth S., Schaerer M., Geiger A., Jenni O.G., Huber R., EEG Sleep Slow-Wave Activity as a Mirror of Cortical Maturation, Cerebral Cortex 21(2011)p. 607—615.

Chepesiuk R., Missing the Dark, Health Effects of Light Pollution, Environmental Health Perspectives Vol 117 No. 1(2009)p. A20-A27.

Doljansky JT, Kannety H, Dagan Y., Working under daylight intensity lamp: an occupational risk for developing circadian rhythm sleep disorder?, Chronobiol Int. Vol. 22(2005) p. 597-605.

Endroes R., Diagnose-Geraet zur Messung der Hormonalen und der Gefaess-Aktivitaet, patent no. DE2313790 (A1) ― 1974-09-26 , http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=DE&NR=2313790A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=4&date=19740926&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP

Figueiro M.G., The impact of light from computer monitors on melatonin levels in college students, Biogenic Amines Vol. 25, issue 2 (2011), pp. 106–116.

Galliani I. et al., Histochemical and ultrastructural study of the human pineal gland in the course of aging, J. Submicr. Cytol. Pathol. Vol. 21 No.3 (1989) p. 571-578.

Holzman D.C., What’s in a color?, Environmental Health Perspectives Vol118 No.1 (2010)p. A22-A27.

Kunz D., Bes F., Schlattmann P., Herrmann W.M., On pineal calcification and its relation to subjective sleep perception: A hypothesis-driven pilot study, Psychiat. Res. Vol. 82, is. 3 (1998) p. 187-191.

Kunz D. et al., A new concept for melatonin deficit: On pineal calcification and melatonin excretion, Neuropsychopharmacology Vol. 21, Is. 6 (1999) p. 765-772.

Lewy A.J., Newsome D.A., Different types of melatonin circadian secretory rhythms in some blind subjects, J. Clin. Endocrin. Metab. Vol. 56, Is. 6 (1983) p. 1103-1107.

Lewy A.J., Lefler B.J., Emens J.S., Bauer V.K., The circadian basis of winter depression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Vol. 103(2006) p. 7414-7419.

Lieff J. (psychiatrist), Light in the Brain, (July 6, 2014), http://jonlieffmd.com

Old V., Firm I.N., Parameters of normality in a geriatric population, Arch. Intern. Med. Vol. 132 (1974) p. 101-132.

Pandi-Perumal, S. R., V. Srinivasan, G.J. M. Maestroni, D. P. Cardinali, B. Poeggeler, and R. Hardeland.,Melatonin (Nature’s most versatile biological signal?), FEBS Journal 273 (2006):p. 2813–838.

Radley J.J., Stress risk factors and stress-related pathology, Stress 14(2011 ):p.481–497.

Redecke M. (1999), Über den Einfluss von elektrischen Feldern, Magnetfeldern und elektromagnetischen Feldern auf Epifyse (Zirbeldrüse) und das Hormon Melatonin (sowie weitere biologische Wirkungen).

Reiter R.J., Static and extremely low frequency electromagnetic field exposure: Reported effects on the circadian production of melatonin, J. Cell. Biochem. Vol. 5 (1993b) p. 394-403.

Reiter R.J. et al., A review of the evidence supporting melatonin’s role as an antioxidant, J. Pineal Res. Vol. 18, Is. 1 (1995) p. 1-11.

Sack R.L., Lewy A.J., Blood M.L., Keith L.D., Nakagawa H., Circadian rhythm abnormalities in totally blind people: Incidence and clinical significance, J. Clin. Endocrin. Metabol. Vol. 75, Is. 1 (1992) p. 127-134.

Tapp F., Huxley M., The histological appearance of the human pineal gland from puberty to old age, J. Pathol. Vol. 8 (1972) p. 137-144.

Wisneski L.A., Anderson L., The Scientific Basis of Integrative Medicine,2nd edition, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, London, New York, 2009.

Wurtman RJ, Hefti F, Melamed E, Precursor control of neurotransmitter synthesis, Pharmacol. Rev. Vol.32, Is.4 (1980) p. 315–335.

 

Production of light by the Pineal Gland

Ashtari M et al., fMRI of Retina-Originated Phosphenes Experienced by Patients with Leber Congenital Amaurosis, PLoS ONE Vol.9(2014)p.1-12.

Bajpai RP et al., Light as a Trigger and a Probe of the Internal Dynamics of Living Organisms, J Acupunct Meridian Stud Vol.3(2010)p.291−297.

Bokkon I, Phosphene phenomenon: A new concept, BioSystems Vol.92(2008)p.168–174.

Carr S, Phosphenes: The Evidence, Ch.3 in Entoptic Phenomena, 1995.

Cervetto L et al., Cellular mechanisms underlying the pharmacological induction of phosphenes, British Journal of Pharmacology Vol.150(2007)p.383–390.

Gruesser OJ et al., On the history of deformation phosphenes and the idea of internal light generated in the eye for the purpose of vision, Documenta Ophthalmologica Vol.74(1990)p.57-85.

Multiple sclerosis encyclopaedia, Phosphenes.

Stiennon D, Phosphenism (als training).

Taylor PCJ et al., The neural signature of phosphene perception, Hum Brain Mapp. Vol.31(2010)p.1408–1417.

Weitering H, Why do we see colors with our eyes closed?, Science Line (2014).

 

Pineal Gland and Consciousness

Ackerly S. and Chia M. (2002), Dark Room Enlightenment, Lesser, Greater, and Greatest Kan & Li , Universal Tao Center, Thailand.

Bischof M. (1995), Biophotonen, das Licht unserer Zellen, Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt a.M., Deutschland, ISBN 3-86150-095-7.

Callaway J.C. (1988), A proposed mechanism for the visions of dream sleep, Medical Hypotheses Vol. 36 pp. 119-124. Researchgate

Deane, Ashayana (nu: E’Asha Ashayana Arhayas), “Voyagers deel 1, de slapende ontvoerden” en “Voyagers deel 2, de geheimen van Amenti”, Schildpad Boeken & Producties, Workum.

Green E. and A.M. Green (1989), Beyond Biofeedback, 5e druk, Knoll Publishing Co., Inc., Ft. Wayne, IN, USA, ISBN 0-940267-14-4.

McKenna T. & D. McKenna (1993), The Invisible Landscape, Harper, San Francisco, ISBN 0-06-250635-8.

Van Nieuwenhuijze O (2002) Elektrische signaalmeting van hersenfuncties (Deel 1: de ontwikkeling van de Elektro-Fysiologie), Tijdschrift voor Integrale Geneeskunde, 18(5);  285-294

Van Nieuwenhuijze O (2003) Elektrische signaalmeting van hersenfuncties (Deel 2: de ontwikkeling van de Elektro-Psychologie), Tijdschrift voor Integrale Geneeskunde, 19(2);  91-101

Oschman J.L. (2000), Energy Medicine (the scientific basis), Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, London, New York, ISBN 0-443-06261-7.

Redecke M. (1999), Über den Einfluss von elektrischen Feldern, Magnetfeldern und elektromagnetischen Feldern auf Epifyse (Zirbeldrüse) und das Hormon Melatonin (sowie weitere biologische Wirkungen).

Reiter R.J. (1977), The Pineal – 1977, In: Annual Research Reviews,: The Pineal, Vol. 2, 1977, Eden Press, distributed by Churchill Livingstone,ISBN 0-443-01706-9.

Shagass C. (1972), Electrical activity of the brain, In: Handbook of Psychophysiology, Greenfield N.S. and Strenbach R.A. Eds., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York, London, etc., Ch. 7, pp. 263-328, ISBN 0-03-086656-1.

Sidorov L.G. (2002), On the possible mechanism of intent in paranormal phenomena and more studies,

Strassman R. (2001), DMT, the spirit molecule (a doctor’s revolutionary research into the biology of near-death and mystical experiences), Park Street Press, Rochester, Vermont, USA, ISBN 0-89281-927-8.

Peake A., The Infinite Mindfield (The quest to find the gateway to higher consciousness), Watkins Publishing, London, 2013, ISBN 978-1-78028-571-9.

Roney-Dougal S, Where Science and Magic Meet, Green Magic Publishing, UK, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9561886-1-8.

De pijnappelklier als kosmische antenne, rol in de intuïtie en verbinding met het hart/

The pineal Gland as cosmic antenna, the role of intuition and connection with the heart

Ammon-Wexler, Dr. Jill (neuropsychologe), “Pineal Gland & Third Eye: Proven Methods to Develop Your Higher Self”, Quantum Self Group, Inc. (2014), ISBN-10: 099103791X, ISBN-13: 978-0991037919.

Anoniem, Heart Hormones.

HeartMath Institute, The Heart-Brain Connection.

Judith, Anodea, “Werkboek Chakra”, Altamira , Haarlem, 21e druk, 2015, ISBN 978-94-013-0206-7.

Laszlo E, Kosmische Visie (Wetenschap en het Akasha-veld), Ankh-Hermes BV, Deventer (2004), ISBN 90-202-8359-6.

Romijn H, “Hersenen en geest (Neurobiologische, Quantummechanische en Psychologische Aspecten)” /“Brain and Mind (Neurobiological, Quantum mechanical and Psychological Aspects)” (Dutch), Swets en Zeitlinger, Amsterdam/Lisse, 1991, ISBN 90-265-1046-2 (zoek antiquarisch).

Romijn H, “Het slapend en dromend bewustzijn (hersenonderzoek, psychoanalyse, parapsychologie)”/”Sleeping and Dreaming Consciousness (Brain Research, Psychoanalysis, Parapsychology)’ (Dutch), Uitgeverij Ambo bv, Baarn, 1979, ISBN 90-263-0451X (zoek antiquarisch).

Talbot M, “The Holographic Universe“, Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 1991, ISBN 0-06-092258-3

Williams M, Knott L, Pineal Gland and Circadian Rhythms.

 

Ancient and indigenous cultures

Akhenaten, Wikipedia (Engels).

Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime, link.

Cave Painting, Wikipedia (Engels).

Doble Rick, The Development of Consciousness & the Origins of Religion (blog Deconstructing Time).

Dreamtime, Wikipedia (Engels).

Gulliford Tristan, Music and Trance in Siberian shamanism, link.

Hays Jeffrey, Shamanism in Siberia and Mongolia, Facts and Details.

History of Indigenous Australians, Wikipedia (Engels).

Were the First Artists Mostly Women? National Geographic.

Jones David, Secrets of Siberian Shamanism, New Dawn Magazine.

Kraaijvanger Caroline, Geloofden Neanderthalers in leven na de dood? (Dutch; did Neanderthals believe in life after death?) link.

Kuczyński Maciej, Biological Knowledge of Ancient Meso-American Indians, link.

Lintrop Aado, Hereditary Transmission in Siberian Shamanism and the Concept of the Reality of Legends, Eesti Kirjandus Muuseum (EE).

McDonnell Ronan, Neanderthal Burial, link.

Mesolithic, Wikipedia.

Mummified Remains of Pregnant Woman Reveal Paracas Skulls Connection, link.

Neolithicum, Wikipedia.

Paleolithic Cave Painters in Europe were Mostly Women, Researcher Says, Sci News.

Paleolithic religion, Wikipedia.

Paleolithic, Wikipedia.

(Paracas) A Different Perspective (There Were Giants in Those Days), link.

Paracas culture, Wikipedia (Engels).

Probyn Fiona, A Review of Lynne Hume’s Ancestral Power: The Dreaming, Consciousness
and Aboriginal Australians (Melbourne University Press, 2002), link.

Sample Ian, The downside of sex with Neanderthals, The Guardian.

Shamanism in Siberia, Wikipedia (Engels).

Siikala Anna-Leena, The Siberian Shaman’s Technique of Ecstasy, PDF link.

Thomason Timothy C., The Role of Altered States of Consciousness in Native American Healing, The Cuyamungue Institute.

Doggerland (now the North Sea), link.

Venus of Willendorf, Wikipedia (Engels).

Wesselman Hank, Australian Aboriginal Wisdom, Shared Wisdom.

Wesselman Hank, The Dreamer, Shared Wisdom.

 

Biophotons

Video’s: Les biophotons au coeur du vivant,  en Chi Energy Instructor emits High Levels of Biophotons.

Beloussov LV, Ultraweak Photon Emission as a Tool For Analysing Collective Processes in Cells and Developing Embryos, Chapter 11 in book Beloussov LV,Voeikov VL,Martynyuk VS, Biophotonics and Coherent Systems in Biology, Springer US (2007), p. 139-157.

Bertogna E, Bezerra J, Conforti E, Gallep CM, Acute stress in seedlings detected by ultra-weak photon emission, J Photochem Photobiol B. 118(2013)74-76.

Bischof M, “Biophotonen, das Licht unserer Zellen”, Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt a.M., Deutschland, 1995, ISBN 3-86150-095-7

Bokkon I, Phosphene phenomenon: A new concept, BioSystems Vol.92(2008)p.168–174

Creath K, Schwartz GE, Biophoton interaction in biological systems: evidence of photonic info-energy transfer? Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5866(SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2005a)338-347.

Creath K, Schwartz GE, What Biophoton Images of Plants Can Tell Us about Biofields and Healing, Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 19(2005b)531–550.

Galle M et al., Biophoton emission from Daphnia magna: A possible factor in the self-regulation of swarming, Experientia 47(1991)457-460.

Hennecke M, Brüx A, Measurement of Biophoton Emission in Plants – An Alternative Monitoring System for Stress Factors, Berthold Technologies Application Note AN985-005v1 (April, 2012)p. 1-4.

Kaznacheev VP, Mikhailova LP, Kartashov NB, Distant intercellular electromagnetic interaction between two tissue cultures (abstract), Exp. Biol. 89(1980) 337–339.

Kobayashi M, Sasaki K, Enomoto M, Ehara Y, Highly sensitive determination of transient generation of biophotons during hypersensitive response to cucumber mosaic virus in cowpea, Journal of Experimental Botany, 58(2007)465–472.

Kobayashi M et al., In vivo imaging of spontaneous ultraweak photon emission from a rat’s brain correlated with cerebral energy metabolism and oxidative stress (abstract), Neuroscience Research 34(1999a)103–113.

Kobayashi M et al., Two-dimensional photon counting imaging and spatiotemporal characterization of ultraweak photon emission from a rat’s brain in vivo, Journal of Neuroscience Methods 93(1999)163–168.

Kuzin AM, & Surbenova G N (1995). Secondary biogenic irradiation of plant structures after gamma-irradiation at low dose (abstract/blurb). In Beloussov LV & Popp F- A (Eds.), Biophotonics (pp. 257–265). Moscow: Bioinform Services.

Miller I, Photonic Human (My Zero Point), (2015).

Prasad A et al., New perspective in cell communication Potential role of ultra-weak photon emission, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 139 (2014) 47–53.

Popp F-A & Klimek W, Photon sucking as an essential principle of biological regulation, in: Beloussev LV et al. (eds.), Photonics and Coherent Systems in Biology (2007), p. 17-32.

Rahnama M, Bokkon I, Tuszynski J, Cifra M, Sardar P, Salari V, Emission of Mitochondrial Biophotons and their Effect on Electrical Activity of Membrane via Microtubules (2011).

Rastogi A et al., Spontaneous ultraweak photon emission imaging of oxidative metabolic processes in human skin: effect of molecular oxygen and antioxidant defense system, Journal of Biomedical Optics 16(2011)1-7.

Tennenbaum J, Beyond molecular biology – The Biophoton Revolution, 21 st CENTURY, Winter 1998-1999, p. 38-40.

Wijk R van, Bio-photons and Bio-communication, Journal of Scientific Exploration 15(2001)183-197.

Wijk EPA van et al., Statistical analysis of the spontaneously emitted photon signals from palm and dorsal sides of both hands in human subjects, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 99 (2010) 133–143.

Wijk R van, Light in Shaping Life (Biophotons in Biology and Medicine, An Interdisciplinary Textbook), Meluna, Geldermalsen (NL), Boek en Service, www.Meluna.boekenservice.nl (2014), ISBN/EAN 978-90-818843-2-7.

 

Soil and Biophotons

Videos on soil life: Life in the Soil 1991 NL Qwa en The living soil (1982).

Videos on bioluminescence of soil life and other life forms: Fungi time lapse videos׃ mould, mycelium and bioluminescence, Stunning timelapse of bioluminescant mushrooms! , The Elegance of Bioluminescence en National Geographic ¦ Bioluminescent Creatures – Documentary 2016 HD 1080p

Avis R, The Story of Soil.

Goraczko W, Slawinski J, Secondary Ultraweak Luminescence from Humic Acids Induced by γ-radiation, Nonlinearity in Biology, Toxicology, and Medicine, 2(2004)245–258.

Horst van der, MA et al., Photosensing in chemotrophic, non-phototrophic bacteria: let there be light sensing too (abstract), Trends Microbiol. 15(2007)554-562.

Lapota D. et al., Observations and measurements of planktonicbioluminescence in and around a milky sea, J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 119(1988 )55-81.

Purcell EN, Crosson S, Photoregulation in prokaryotes (abstract), 11(2008)168-178.

Reguera G, When microbial conversations get physical, Trends Microbiol. 19(2011)105-113.

Schwabl H, Klima H, Spontaneous ultraweak photon emission from biological systems and the endogenous light field (abstract), Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 12(2005)84-9.

Slawinski J et al., Chemiluminescence during photooxidation of melanins and soil humic acids arising from a singlet oxygen mechanism (abstract), Photochemistry and Photobiology 28(1978)459-463.

Tarangini K, Mishra M, Production of melanin by soil microbial isolate on fruit waste extract: two step optimization of key parameters, Biotechnology Reports 4(2014)139–146.

Trushin MV, Light-mediated ‘‘conversation’’ among microorganisms, Microbiological Research 159(2004)1–10.

Viviani V, Terrestrial Bioluminescence (Biological and Biochemical Diversity), 2009.

Wamelink GWW et al., Can Plants Grow on Mars and the Moon: A Growth Experiment on Mars and Moon Soil Simulants, PLOS ONE 9(2014)1-9.

 

Cetaceans

Literature:

Burns N (ed., book, 2002), Lore of the dolphin (Tales of our connection through the ages), Beyond Words Publishing, Inc., Hillsboro, OR, USA, ISBN 1-58270-086-9.

Byrd D (2017), Most blue whales are ‘right-handed’, http://earthsky.org/earth/blue-whales-right-handed-lateralization-bias?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=printfriendly&utm_source=tool

Casey S, Voices in the Ocean (book, 2016).

Carwardine M, Hoyt E, Fordyce RE, Gill P, Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises (book, 2000).

Choi CQ (2014), DNA discovery reveals surprising dolphin origins, https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140111-hybrid-dolphin-species-ocean-animal-science/

Defenders of Wildlife, Basic Facts About Whales, https://defenders.org/whales/basic-facts

Diffen, Dolphin vs. Whale, https://www.diffen.com/difference/Dolphin_vs_Whale

EarthSky Voices (2017), Do dolphins get Alzheimer’s disease? http://earthsky.org/earth/signs-of-alzheimers-in-dolphins?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=printfriendly&utm_source=tool

Fields RD (By Mind Matters on January 15, 2008), Are Whales Smarter Than We Are?, Scientific American, https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/news-blog/are-whales-smarter-than-we-are/

Foer J (2015/05), It’s time for a conversation (Breaking the communication barrier between

dolphins and human, http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/dolphin-intelligence/foer-text

Gunn-Moore D et al. (2017), Alzheimer’s disease in humans and other animals: A consequence of postreproductive life span and longevity rather than aging, Alzheimers Dement. Vol. 17, p. 33717-22, abstract https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28972881

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