Photobiomodulation inside the brain: A novel method of applying near-infrared light intracranially and its impact on dopaminergic cell survival in MPTP-treated mice: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 670-683

  Moro, Cécile ^a   El Massri, Nabil ^b   Torres, Napoleon ^a   Ratel, David ^a   De Jaeger, Xavier ^a   Chabrol, Claude ^a   Perraut, François ^a   Bourgerette, Alain ^a   Berger, Michel ^a   Purushothuman, Sivaraman ^b   Johnstone, Daniel ^b   Stone, Jonathan ^b   Mitrofanis, John ^b   Benabid, Alim Louis ^a  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BALB c mouse; Interventional neurosurgery; Neuroprotection; Parkinson disease; Photobiomodulation; Substantia nigra; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; GLASS FIBER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMPLANT; LASER; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; MOUSE; NEAR INFRARED IMAGING SYSTEM; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; TARGET CELL; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INFRARED RAYS; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PHOTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84895465401     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.9.JNS13423     Document Type: Article

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