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A Core Process in Receptor Function, General Anesthesia, Sleep, and Aging
Author(s) -
Kier Lemont B.,
Slattum Patricia W.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemistry and biodiversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1612-1880
pISSN - 1612-1872
DOI - 10.1002/cbdv.201100357
Subject(s) - chemistry , sleep (system call) , core (optical fiber) , anesthetic , sleep deprivation , function (biology) , biophysics , anesthesia , neuroscience , psychology , microbiology and biotechnology , computer science , medicine , telecommunications , cognition , biology , operating system
The diffusion of ligands and proteins was proposed to be guided by chreodes in water organized by protein‐surface side chains with varying hydropathic states. These chreodes are proposed to be the target of volatile general anesthetic agents. The similarity between this effect and sleep deprivation leads to a proposal of an external agent responsible for sleep. This agent is elemental nitrogen. An extension of this effect is the concept that elemental nitrogen is a core factor in aging.