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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2025

Non-invasive therapeutics for neurotrauma: a mechanistic overview.

James D O'Leary, Bevan S Main, Mark P Burns

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

James D O'LearyLaboratory for Brain Injury and Dementia, Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Centre, Washington, DC, United States.
Bevan S MainLaboratory for Brain Injury and Dementia, Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Centre, Washington, DC, United States.
Mark P BurnsLaboratory for Brain Injury and Dementia, Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Centre, Washington, DC, United States.

Funding

Tau-independent effects of high frequency head impact on cognition and neurobehaviorR01NS107370 · NINDS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI BURNS, MARK P · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Recovering amnestic memories from the repeat head impact brainR01NS121316 · NINDS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI BURNS, MARK P · 2024 to 2025
$684k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS107370NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS121316
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and a major risk factor for the development of both memory and motor disorders. To date, there are no proven interventions to improve patient outcome after neurotrauma. A promising avenue of treatment has emerged in the use of non-invasive therapies for recovery after brain injury. A number of non-invasive brain stimulation techniques have been developed, such as transcranial direct current stimulation, transcranial magnetic stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation, as well as low intensity ultrasound stimulation and photobiomodulation therapy. However, standardized treatment regimens have not been developed. There is a clear need to better understand the underlying mechanisms of non-invasive therapeutics on brain injury pathology so as to more effectively guide treatment strategy. Here we review the current literature of non-invasive therapies in preclinical neurotrauma and offer insight into the potential mechanism of action and novel targets for the treatment of traumatic brain injury.

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blood brain barrier (BBB)inflammationnon-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS)plasticitytranscranial direct current electrical stimulationtraumatic brain injury

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PMID40438568
PMCPMC12116354

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