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. 2014:2014:273932.
doi: 10.1155/2014/273932. Epub 2014 Feb 26.

Fetus sound stimulation: cilia memristor effect of signal transduction

Svetlana Jankovic-Raznatovic  1 , Svetlana Dragojevic-Dikic  1 , Snezana Rakic  1 , Branka Nikolic  1 , Snezana Plesinac  2 , Lidija Tasic  1 , Zivko Perisic  1 , Mirjana Sovilj  3 , Tatjana Adamovic  3 , Djuro Koruga  4
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Fetus sound stimulation: cilia memristor effect of signal transduction

Svetlana Jankovic-Raznatovic et al. Biomed Res Int. 2014.

Abstract

Background: This experimental study evaluates fetal middle cerebral artery (MCA) circulation after the defined prenatal acoustical stimulation (PAS) and the role of cilia in hearing and memory and could explain signal transduction and memory according to cilia optical-acoustical properties.

Methods: PAS was performed twice on 119 no-risk term pregnancies. We analyzed fetal MCA circulation before, after first and second PAS.

Results: Analysis of the Pulsatility index basic (PIB) and before PAS and Pulsatility index reactive after the first PAS (PIR 1) shows high statistical difference, representing high influence on the brain circulation. Analysis of PIB and Pulsatility index reactive after the second PAS (PIR 2) shows no statistical difference. Cilia as nanoscale structure possess magnetic flux linkage that depends on the amount of charge that has passed between two-terminal variable resistors of cilia. Microtubule resistance, as a function of the current through and voltage across the structure, leads to appearance of cilia memory with the "memristor" property.

Conclusion: Acoustical and optical cilia properties play crucial role in hearing and memory processes. We suggest that fetuses are getting used to sound, developing a kind of memory patterns, considering acoustical and electromagnetically waves and involving cilia and microtubules and try to explain signal transduction.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
RCLM (resistance, capacitance, inductance, memory) circuit system plays crucial role in cilia dynamics (microtubules, water interaction). dv: Rdi: resistance, dq: C dv: capacitance, dφ: Ldi: inductance, and dφ: M dq: memory.
Figure 2
Figure 2
PIB and PIR 1 of fetal MCA values. PIB: Pulsatile index basic; PIR 1: Pulsatile index reactive after first sound stimulation.
Figure 3
Figure 3
PIB and PIR 2 of fetal MCA values. PIB: Pulsatile index basic; PIR 2: Pulsatile index reactive after second sound stimulation.
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