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Transcranial red light
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This post is a sister post to red light for depression, which asserts that red and NIR light help alleviate depression by increasing blood flow and functional connectivity. This post focuses on a theoretical study of Bhattacharya & Dutta 2019 exploring what it means to absorb red and near infrared (NIR) light. These authors…
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red light and cerebral blood flow and depression
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Red and near infrared photobiomodulation are good for depression? Enhancement of cytochrome C oxidase activity in the mitochondria is addressed in a round about way in the transcranial red light post. Red light may simply improve blood flow to the depressed brain via the release of nitric oxide. Some reports suggest the nitric oxide…