title: Involvement of the pineal body in the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test.
abstract: As an interesting exception to the general clinical application of the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test (BDORT), the test could not be performed successfully in diagnosing a patient who suffered from cancer of the pineal body. The following examinations were attempted using the BDORT: 1) The thymus representation area, 2) the distal forearm during compression of the upper arm, 3) surface representations of diseased areas that had previously been identified by the indirect method with slide preparations of pineal body or lung cancer tissue, 4) holding of oncogene c-fos Ab2 and integrin alpha 5 beta 1. Results suggest that the failure of the BDORT might be due to the absence of pineal body function. It is suggested that the sensor for the BDORT might exist in the pineal body since 1) BDORT cannot be successfully performed when the eyes are closed, and the pineal body is sensitive to light; 2) electromagnetic resonance might stimulate this sensor; and 3) N-acetyltransferase, the enzyme that converts serotonin to methylserotonin in the pineal body, might be inhibited by activation of this sensor. As a result, serotonin levels might be increased by activation of this sensor, which might then inhibit finger flexor muscle contraction needed to maintain an O-ring in BDORT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Takeshige
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005385:Fingers / Q000502:physiology*; D006257:Head; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014965:X-Rays