Transcranial LED therapy for cognitive dysfunction in chronic, mild traumatic brain injury: Two case reports

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7552, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Naeser, Margaret A ^a,b   Saltmarche, Anita ^c   Krengel, Maxine H ^a,b   Hamblin, Michael R ^d,e,f   Knight, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MedX Health Inc   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunction; Light emitting diodes; LLLT; Post concussion syndrome; PTSD; Sports head injury; Traumatic brain injury; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORTS; CLUSTER HEAD; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; CONSULTING FIRMS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEAD INJURIES; INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET MARKETING; LED DEVICE; LED THERAPY; LLLT; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL; PARIETAL AREAS; TOTAL POWER; TRANSCRANIAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

BRAIN; DIODES; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT EMISSION; MARKETING; PLASTICS MOLDING;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 77951614800     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.842510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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