Low-level laser therapy applied transcranially to mice following traumatic brain injury significantly reduces long-term neurological deficits

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 651-656

  Oron, Amir ^a   Oron, Uri ^b   Streeter, Jackson ^b   De Taboada, Luis ^b   Alexandrovich, Alexander ^c   Trembovler, Victoria ^c   Shohami, Esther ^c  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b PhotoThera Inc   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Low level laser therapy; Mice; Motor function; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIODE LASER; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GALLIUM ARSENIC DIODE LASER; HISTOLOGY; ILLUMINATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANIMAL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; HEAD INJURY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MICE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REFLEX; WALKING;

EID: 34249847074     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.0198     Document Type: Article

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