ArticleCerebral cortex communications2020
Near-Infrared Light Increases Functional Connectivity with a Non-thermal Mechanism.
Article in Cerebral cortex communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
Effect of Transcranial Near InfraRed Light on Cerebral Function in Young and Healthy Older Subjects: a Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Study (TIROC)
Safety and Efficacy of Transcranial Photobiomodulation (tPBM) for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Epileptiform Activity
Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of transcranial photobiomodulation in cerebral circulation and brain neural oscillations: a systematic review.Lasers in medical science · 2025Pooled it
- Photobiomodulation in the aging brain: a systematic review from animal models to humans.GeroScience · 2024Pooled it
- Devices used for photobiomodulation of the brain-a comprehensive and systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Dose-dependent effects of transcranial photobiomodulation on brain temperature in patients with major depressive disorder: a spectroscopy study.Lasers in medical science · 2024Trial
- Dose dependent effects of transcranial photobiomodulation on blood-oxygenation-level-dependent power in major depressive disorder.Brain stimulationTrial
- Lights for aging: Can photobiomodulation restore functionality in the cerebral networks of aged individuals?Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- Dose dependence and neurovascular mechanisms of the fMRI response to pulsed photobiomodulation in humans.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2026Article
- Application of non-invasive transcranial photobiomodulation in ischemic stroke: Mechanisms and current insights.iScience · 2026Review
- Enhancing sleep, wakefulness, and cognition with transcranial photobiomodulation: a systematic review.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Review
- Potential and Challenges of Transcranial Photobiomodulation for the Treatment of Stroke.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Review
- Transcranial photobiomodulation: an emerging therapeutic method to enhance brain bioenergetics.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Directed physiological networks in the human prefrontal cortex at rest and post transcranial photobiomodulation.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Review
- Photobiomodulation increases brain metabolic activity through a combination of 810 and 660 wavelengths: a comparative study in male and female rats.Lasers in medical science · 2024Article
- Modifying Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology with photobiomodulation: model, evidence, and future with EEG-guided intervention.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Review
- Transcranial photobiomodulation in children aged 2-6 years: a randomized sham-controlled clinical trial assessing safety, efficacy, and impact on autism spectrum disorder symptoms and brain electrophysiology.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Simultaneous MEG and EEG source imaging of electrophysiological activity in response to acute transcranial photobiomodulation.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Revisiting Transcranial Light Stimulation as a Stroke Therapeutic-Hurdles and Opportunities.Translational stroke research · 2023Review
- Directed physiological networks in the human prefrontal cortex at rest and post transcranial photobiomodulation.Research square · 2023Article
- Transcranial photobiomodulation with near-infrared light: a promising therapeutic modality for Alzheimer's disease.Neural regeneration research · 2023Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Although techniques for noninvasive brain stimulation are under intense investigation, an approach that has received limited attention is transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM), the delivery of near-infrared light to the brain with a laser or light-emitting diode directed at the scalp. Here we employed functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure the blood-oxygenation-level-dependent signal in
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