Mechanistic aspects of photobiomodulation therapy in the nervous system

F Ramezani, A Neshasteh-Riz, A Ghadaksaz… - Lasers in Medical …, 2021 - Springer
Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) previously known as low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has
been used for over 30 years, to treat neurological diseases. Low-powered lasers are …

Photobiomodulation for the treatment of neuroinflammation: A systematic review of controlled laboratory animal studies

FS Cardoso, F Salehpour, NC Coimbra… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Neuroinflammation is a response that involves different cell lineages of the
central nervous system, such as neurons and glial cells. Among the non-pharmacological …

Transcranial photobiomodulation and thermal stimulation induce distinct topographies of EEG alpha and beta power changes in healthy humans

X Wang, H Wanniarachchi, A Wu, F Gonzalez-Lima… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Our recent study demonstrated that prefrontal transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) with
1064-nm laser enables significant changes in EEG rhythms, but these changes might result …

Photobiomodulation of cytochrome c oxidase by chronic transcranial laser in young and aged brains

FS Cardoso, DW Barrett, Z Wade… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In cellular bioenergetics, cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) is the enzyme responsible for oxygen
consumption in the mitochondrial electron transport chain, which drives oxidative …

[HTML][HTML] Transcranial laser stimulation: mitochondrial and cerebrovascular effects in younger and older healthy adults

CL Saucedo, EC Courtois, ZS Wade, MN Kelley… - Brain stimulation, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Transcranial laser stimulation is a novel method of noninvasive brain
stimulation found safe and effective for improving prefrontal cortex neurocognitive functions …

Photobiomodulation for the aging brain

F dos Santos Cardoso, F Gonzalez-Lima… - Ageing Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Longevity is one of the great triumphs of humanity. Worldwide, the elderly is the fastest
growing segment of the population. As a consequence, the number of cases of age-related …

Photobiomodulation enhances memory processing in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study

AS Chan, T Lee, MR Hamblin… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2021 - content.iospress.com
Background: Recent studies of photobiomodulation (PBM) in patients with cognitive or
psychological disorders (including traumatic brain injury, stroke, and dementia) have yielded …

Cognitive enhancement by transcranial photobiomodulation is associated with cerebrovascular oxygenation of the prefrontal cortex

E Holmes, DW Barrett, CL Saucedo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Transcranial infrared laser stimulation (TILS) is a novel, safe, non-invasive method of brain
photobiomodulation. Laser stimulation of the human prefrontal cortex causes cognitive …

Transcranial photobiomodulation with 1064-nm laser modulates brain electroencephalogram rhythms

X Wang, JP Dmochowski, L Zeng… - …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Noninvasive transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) with a 1064-nm laser has been
reported to improve human performance on cognitive tasks as well as locally upregulate …

Neuromodulation of brain power topography and network topology by prefrontal transcranial photobiomodulation

S Shahdadian, X Wang, H Wanniarachchi… - Journal of neural …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) has shown promising benefits, including
cognitive improvement, in healthy humans and in patients with Alzheimer's disease. In this …