Photobiomodulation therapy and the glymphatic system: promising applications for augmenting the brain lymphatic drainage system

F Salehpour, M Khademi, DE Bragin… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The glymphatic system is a glial-dependent waste clearance pathway in the central nervous
system, devoted to drain away waste metabolic products and soluble proteins such as …

Photobiomodulation for Alzheimer's disease: has the light dawned?

MR Hamblin - Photonics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Next to cancer, Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia is probably the most worrying health
problem facing the Western world today. A large number of clinical trials have failed to show …

Phototherapy of Alzheimer's disease: photostimulation of brain lymphatics during sleep: a systematic review

O Semyachkina-Glushkovskaya, T Penzel… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The global number of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) doubles every 5 years. It has
been established that unless an effective treatment for AD is found, the incidence of AD will …

The effect of photobiomodulation on the brain during wakefulness and sleep

C Moro, A Valverde, M Dole, J Hoh Kam… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Over the last seventy years or so, many previous studies have shown that
photobiomodulation, the use of red to near infrared light on body tissues, can improve …

Molecularly generated light and its biomedical applications

C Ran, K Pu - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Molecularly generated light, referred to here as “molecular light”, mainly includes
bioluminescence, chemiluminescence, and Cerenkov luminescence. Molecular light …

Neurotechnological approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

S Ning, M Jorfi, SR Patel, DY Kim… - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, clinically
defined by progressive cognitive decline and pathologically, by brain atrophy …

“Photobiomics”: can light, including photobiomodulation, alter the microbiome?

A Liebert, B Bicknell, DM Johnstone… - … , and laser surgery, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Objective: The objective of this review is to consider the dual effects of microbiome and
photobiomodulation (PBM) on human health and to suggest a relationship between these …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Photobiomodulation in Alzheimer's disease—A complementary method to state-of-the-art pharmaceutical formulations and nanomedicine?

LM Ailioaie, C Ailioaie, G Litscher - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD), as a neurodegenerative disorder, usually develops slowly but
gradually worsens. It accounts for approximately 70% of dementia cases worldwide, and is …

Photobiomodulation therapy for dementia: a systematic review of pre-clinical and clinical studies

F Salehpour, M Khademi… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2021 - content.iospress.com
Background: Photobiomodulation (PBM) involves the use of red and/or near-infrared light
from lasers or LEDs to improve a wide range of medical disorders. Transcranial PBM …