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Smooth muscle relaxation
This post is a spinoff post of red light for depression. Depression can be associated with poor cerebral blood flow. Much of the red light photo biomodulation discussion gets into the improved enzymatic activity of cytochrome C oxidase….which as a heme group. There are two heme containing enzymes that are essential for relaxation of…
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PEMF eNOS PI3K
This post looks at Li 2015, a delightfully simple publication that explores the use of a very specific type of PEMF to counter the tissue damage that proceeds femoral artery excision in a mouse model of peripheral artery disease. While this is not the exact same as a branch of the femoral artery being…
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Red Light and mitocondria
Right light therapy is said to target cytochrome C oxidase, complex IV, of the mitochondria. Most complexes of the mitochondria contain functional groups that absorb one wavelength of visible light or another. Absorption of light may translate into increased membrane potential, which translates into more ATP. This post introduces the role of ATP in…