The effects of transcranial LED therapy (TCLT) on cerebral blood flow in the elderly women

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 339-346

  Salgado, Afonso S I ^a,b   Zângaro, Renato A ^a,c   Parreira, Rodolfo B ^b   Kerppers, Ivo I ^d  

^a Universidade Castelo Branco   (Brazil)

^b Salgado Institute of Integral Health   (Brazil)

^c Center for Innovation   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CENTRO OESTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular blood flow; Elderly people; Light emitting diode; Transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TRANSCRANIAL LIGHT EMITTING DIODE THERAPY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REFERENCE VALUE; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW-LEVEL LIGHT THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84921937276     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-014-1669-2     Document Type: Article

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