ArticleBiomedical optics express2020
Photobiomodulation of lymphatic drainage and clearance: perspective strategy for augmentation of meningeal lymphatic functions.
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- Phototherapy of Alzheimer's Disease: Photostimulation of Brain Lymphatics during Sleep: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Near‑Infrared Photobiomodulation in White‑Matter Disease: From Microglial States to Measurable Endpoints.Neuromolecular medicine · 2026Review
- The Glymphatic System and Meningeal Lymphatics: Current Understandings and Future Perspectives.MedComm · 2026Review
- New Strategies for the Prevention and Therapy of Alzheimer's Disease Based on Stimulation of Brain Drainage and Lymphatic Clearance.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Application of non-invasive transcranial photobiomodulation in ischemic stroke: Mechanisms and current insights.iScience · 2026Review
- Neuro-lymphaphotonics opens new horizons of the future technologies for the therapy of brain diseases.Theranostics · 2026Review
- Effects of photobiomodulation therapy on upper limb lymphedema secondary to breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Potential Therapeutic Targets and Emerging Strategies to Promote Hematoma Resolution in Intracerebral Hemorrhage.Revista de neurologia · 2025Review
- NO-ergic mechanisms of age differences in photostimulation of lymphatic drainage, filtration, and clearance.Biomedical optics express · 2025Article
- Photostimulation of skull bone marrow modulates neuroimmunity in sepsis-associated encephalopathy via the skull bone marrow-dura mater-brain axis.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2025Article
- Meningeal lymphatic drainage: novel insights into central nervous system disease.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Review
- Enhancing sleep, wakefulness, and cognition with transcranial photobiomodulation: a systematic review.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Review
- Promising Strategies to Reduce the SARS-CoV-2 Amyloid Deposition in the Brain and Prevent COVID-19-Exacerbated Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Functional aspects of the brain lymphatic drainage system in aging and neurodegenerative diseases.Journal of biomedical research · 2024Article
- Connecting the Dots: The Cerebral Lymphatic System as a Bridge Between the Central Nervous System and Peripheral System in Health and Disease.Aging and disease · 2024Review
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- Transcranial photobiomodulation for brain diseases: review of animal and human studies including mechanisms and emerging trends.Neurophotonics · 2024Review
- Therapeutic approaches to CNS diseases via the meningeal lymphatic and glymphatic system: prospects and challenges.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Review
- Technology of the photobiostimulation of the brain's drainage system during sleep for improvement of learning and memory in male mice.Biomedical optics express · 2024Article
- Transcranial photobiomodulation improves insulin therapy in diabetic microglial reactivity and the brain drainage system.Communications biology · 2023Article
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Abstract
There is a hypothesis that augmentation of the drainage and clearing function of the meningeal lymphatic vessels (MLVs) might be a promising therapeutic target for preventing neurological diseases. Here we investigate mechanisms of photobiomodulation (PBM, 1267 nm) of lymphatic drainage and clearance. Our results obtained at optical coherence tomography (OCT) give strong evidence that low PBM doses (5 and 10 J/cm
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