Open AccessPreclinical studies of transcranial photobiomodulation in the neurological diseases
Author(s) -
You Jing,
Bragin Anatol,
Liu Hanli,
Li Lin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
translational biophotonics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2627-1850
DOI - 10.1002/tbio.202000024
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroscience , biophotonics , psychology , laser , optics , physics
Abstract Photobiomodulation (PBM) takes advantage of red and near‐infrared light to induce therapeutic effects on various kinds of diseases, with transcranial PBM (tPBM) attracting most attention on neurological diseases. Displaying a noninvasive superiority over traditional treatment, tPBM is increasingly studied among research groups. Growing numbers of studies have been conducted in the last decade regarding neurological diseases; however, the research objects and lighting parameters among these papers varied from each other. This article introduces the biophotonics nature of PBM, records the experimental parameters of preclinical studies since 2014 and summarizes the application of tPBM on the neurobiological diseases in the past two decades. Under the summarized guidance of parameter setup, tPBM will be shining light in the prevention and treatment of neurological diseases.