ReviewNeurophotonics2024
Transcranial photobiomodulation for brain diseases: review of animal and human studies including mechanisms and emerging trends.
Review in Neurophotonics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07736092 (Impact of Perioperative Transcranial Photobiomodulation on Delayed Neurocognitive Recovery in Older Patients After Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Impact of Perioperative Transcranial Photobiomodulation on Delayed Neurocognitive Recovery in Older Patients After Surgery: a Randomized, Double-blind, Pseudo-modulation-controlled Preliminary Clinical Trial
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Transabdominal photobiomodulation applications: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Transcranial laser therapy for acute ischaemic stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Brain clearance physiology in traumatic brain injury: From disruption to therapeutic potential.The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- [A simulation study of photothermal effects in transcranial photobiomodulation].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2026Article
- Transcranial photobiomodulation mitigates neuroinflammation by suppressing the activation of neurotoxic microglia through inhibition of the cGAS-STING pathway following intracerebral hemorrhage in mice.Chinese medical journal · 2026Article
- Enhanced combined effect of thymoquinone and transcranial photobiomodulation on cerebral ischemia-induced injuries in animal model.Metabolic brain disease · 2026Article
- Exploring Photobiomodulation as a Potential Novel Intervention for Developmental Stuttering: A Review and Hypothesis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- New Strategies for the Prevention and Therapy of Alzheimer's Disease Based on Stimulation of Brain Drainage and Lymphatic Clearance.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
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- Application of non-invasive transcranial photobiomodulation in ischemic stroke: Mechanisms and current insights.iScience · 2026Review
- Frequency-Specific Transcranial Photobiomodulation Elicits Complementary Glial Mechanisms for Neurovascular Protection and Amyloid Clearance in Alzheimer Disease.Cyborg and bionic systems (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Non-invasive brain stimulation in frontotemporal dementia: syndrome-specific signals and priorities for future trials.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Review
- Neuro-lymphaphotonics opens new horizons of the future technologies for the therapy of brain diseases.Theranostics · 2026Review
- NO-ergic mechanisms of age differences in photostimulation of lymphatic drainage, filtration, and clearance.Biomedical optics express · 2025Article
- Effects of 1267 nm Illumination on Microcirculation Regulatory Mechanisms.Journal of biophotonics · 2025Article
- Anisotropic light propagation in human brain white matter.Neurophotonics · 2025Article
- Targeting the glymphatic system: Aβ accumulation and phototherapy strategies across different stages of Alzheimer's disease.Translational neurodegeneration · 2025Review
- Establishment of a stellate ganglion regulation model in mice using infrared polarized light irradiation.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Enhancing sleep, wakefulness, and cognition with transcranial photobiomodulation: a systematic review.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Review
- Dorsoventral photobiomodulation therapy safely reduces inflammation and sensorimotor deficits in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2024Article
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Abstract
The brain diseases account for 30% of all known diseases. Pharmacological treatment is hampered by the blood-brain barrier, limiting drug delivery to the central nervous system (CNS). Transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) is a promising technology for treating brain diseases, due to its effectiveness, non-invasiveness, and affordability. tPBM has been widely used in pre-clinical experiments and clinical trials for treating brain diseases, such as stroke and Alzheimer's disease. This review provides a comprehensive overview of tPBM. We summarize emerging trends and new discoveries in tPBM based on over one hundred references published in the past 20 years. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of tPBM and highlight successful experimental and clinical protocols for treating various brain diseases. A better understanding of tPBM mechanisms, the development of guidelines for clinical practice, and the study of dose-dependent and personal effects hold great promise for progress in treating brain diseases.
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