Observational studyPhotobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery2019
Pulsed Transcranial Red/Near-Infrared Light Therapy Using Light-Emitting Diodes Improves Cerebral Blood Flow and Cognitive Function in Veterans with Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Series.
Observational study in Photobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- The importance of power in photobiomodulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of high-intensity laser therapy.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Can transcranial photobiomodulation improve cognitive function in TBI patients? A systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Transcranial photobiomodulation with near-infrared laser induces analgesia in rats.The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- Application of photobiomodulation therapy by LED using a combined red and near-infrared light spectrum improves the vascular function of the radial artery in vitro.Lasers in medical science · 2025Article
- Photosensitivity of an aging brain.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Neurorehabilitation Approaches in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients: A Comprehensive Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Review
- Can infrared light really be doing what we claim it is doing? Infrared light penetration principles, practices, and limitations.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Do astrocytes respond to light, sound, or electrical stimulation?Neural regeneration research · 2023Article
- Repeated Transcranial Photobiomodulation with Light-Emitting Diodes Improves Psychomotor Vigilance and EEG Networks of the Human Brain.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Protocol Report on the Transcranial Photobiomodulation for Alzheimer's Disease (TRAP-AD) Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Brain Waste Removal System and Sleep: Photobiomodulation as an Innovative Strategy for Night Therapy of Brain Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- The anti-inflammatory effects of photobiomodulation are mediated by cytokines: Evidence from a mouse model of inflammation.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Transcranial Photobiomodulation Treatment: Significant Improvements in Four Ex-Football Players with Possible Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports · 2023Article
- Transcranial near-infrared light in treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Review
- Impact of Combined Photo-Biomodulation and Aerobic Exercise on Cognitive Function and Quality-of-Life in Elderly Alzheimer Patients with Anemia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Transcranial photobiomodulation-induced changes in human brain functional connectivity and network metrics mapped by whole-head functional near-infrared spectroscopyBiomedical optics express · 2020Article
- Transcranial Photobiomodulation to Improve Cognition in Gulf War Illness.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.