Differential effects of 670 and 830 nm red near infrared irradiation therapy: A comparative study of optic nerve injury, retinal degeneration, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Giacci, Marcus K ^a   Wheeler, Lachlan ^a   Lovett, Sarah ^a   Dishington, Emma ^a   Majda, Bernadette ^a   Bartlett, Carole A ^a   Thornton, Emma ^b   Harford Wright, Elizabeth ^b   Leonard, Anna ^b   Vink, Robert ^b   Harvey, Alan R ^a   Provis, Jan ^c   Dunlop, Sarah A ^a   Hart, Nathan S ^a   Hodgetts, Stuart ^a   Natoli, Riccardo ^c   Van Den Heuvel, Corinna ^b   Fitzgerald, Melinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT DAMAGE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEAR INFRARED IRRADIATION THERAPY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PHOTON; RAT; RED INFRARED IRRADIATION THERAPY; RETINA DEGENERATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL REFLEX; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84905640324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104565     Document Type: Article

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