Month: April 2024
Promising pilot study on the benefits of transcranial photobiomodulation (PBM) on people with General Anxiety Disorder
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31647775
Total scores improved significantly for reduced anxiety, depression and improved sleep after 8 weeks of use of this device for the 12 subjects who finished the study.
Overview of Red Light Therapy for the brain as described by the world’s most well known expert in this, Dr Michael Hamblin
Transcranial Photobiostimulation (Red Light Therapy for the brain)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30883832.
This study showed that the right dosage of light therapy had anti-anxiety and anti-depressive effects in mice in this 3 week study. Changes noted in the brain were increased cerebral serotonin levels, decreased nitric oxide in the hippocampus area and prefrontal cortex, and decreased serum cortisol levels.
Katharine Hauge, PT, DPT, OCS 