The potential of light therapy for central nervous system injury and disease

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-380

  Anders, Juanita J ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EDITORIAL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; RAT; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 67650925218     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2009.0053     Document Type: Editorial

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