What is it about?
Nowadays, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is an important "epidemic" disease which presents relevant cost for public health policies. The authors try to expose an interesting approach in which objective is to change this scenario. Transcranial LED acts though cytochrome c oxidase, a mitochondrial enzyme, promoting synaptogenesis and neurogenesis.
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Why is it important?
There are a few strategies for cognitive rehabilitation in TBI. This is a simple, practical e bedside one.
Perspectives
Randomized clinical trials are needed to test its real effects, but what we have so far is promising.
Joao Gustavo Santos
University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine
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This page is a summary of: Transcranial light-emitting diode therapy for neuropsychological improvement after traumatic brain injury: a new perspective for diffuse axonal lesion management, Medical Devices Evidence and Research, April 2018, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/mder.s155356.
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