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ArticleBrain research bulletin2019

Near-infrared photobiomodulation combined with coenzyme Q

Farzad Salehpour, Fereshteh Farajdokht, Paolo Cassano, Saeed Sadigh-Eteghad, Marjan Erfani, Michael R Hamblin, Maryam Moghadam Salimi, Pouran Karimi, Seyed Hossein Rasta, Javad Mahmoudi

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Article in Brain research bulletin, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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66citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Farzad SalehpourNeurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department of Medical Physics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; ProNeuroLIGHT LLC, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Fereshteh FarajdokhtNeurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Paolo CassanoHarvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA; Depression Clinical and Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Saeed Sadigh-EteghadNeurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Marjan ErfaniNeurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Higher Academic Education Institute of Rab-Rashid, Tabriz, Iran.
Michael R HamblinWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Maryam Moghadam SalimiDepartment of Communication Disorders, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Pouran KarimiNeurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Seyed Hossein RastaDepartment of Medical Physics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department of Medical Bioengineering, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Javad MahmoudiNeurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Electronic address: Mahmoudi2044@yahoo.com.
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRHarvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USnLIGHT (United States) · USSadra Institute Of Higher Education · IR

Funding

Photodynamic Therapy of Localized InfectionsR01AI050875 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HAMBLIN, MICHAEL R · 2003 to 2017
$4.8M
Synergistic Photodynamic Therapy for Catherer-Associated Urinary Tract InfectionsR21AI121700 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HAMBLIN, MICHAEL R · 2016 to 2017
$462k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050875NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI121700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was aimed to evaluate the effects of near-infrared (NIR) photobiomodulation (PBM) combined with coenzyme Q

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AnimalsAntidepressive AgentsAntioxidantsApoptosisBehavior, AnimalDepressionDepressive DisorderDisease Models, AnimalHippocampusLow-Level Light TherapyMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CNeuroimmunomodulationOxidative StressPrefrontal CortexAntidepressive AgentsAntioxidantscoenzyme Q10UbiquinoneApoptosisCoenzyme Q(10)CortisolNeuroinflammationOxidative stressPhotobiomodulationRestraint stress

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PMID30385146
PMCPMC6309497
OpenAlexW2898728759

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