Transcranial application of low-energy laser irradiation improves neurological deficits in rats following acute stroke

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-73

  DeTaboada, Luis ^a   Ilic, Sanja ^a   Leichliter Martha, Sandra ^a   Oron, Uri ^a,c   Oron, Amir ^b   Streeter, Jackson ^a  

^a PhotoThera Inc   (United States)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute; Biostimulation; Laser; Rats; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; HEART MUSCLE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKULL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 32544451922     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20256     Document Type: Article

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