A breakthrough! LED can treat neuropathy such as progressive cold syndrome.

LED Dalhousie, a neuroscience researcher at Dalhousie Dalhousie University in Canada, and experts at the brain repair center have discovered new ways to skip the nervous system, directly stimulate injuries or diseases, and lose nerve linked muscles.

When nerve fails, LED light directly stimulates muscles to prevent atrophy.

Professor Witt Lafs (Victor Rafuse), director of the center for brain repair, and his research partner, Zhang Ying, an assistant professor at the Department of Neurology, and his assistant professor, Ying Zhang, said they succeeded in stimulating muscles with LED lights, which could cause injury and neurodegenerative diseases. Atrophy and paralysis of muscles respond.

Professor Witt Lafs (Victor Rafuse), who teaches at the Department of medical neurology and director of the center for brain repair, and his co research partner, and Zhang Ying, assistant professor of the Department, said that they succeeded in stimulating muscles with LED lights, which could cause injury and neurodegenerative diseases caused by Victor. Muscles atrophy and paralysis respond. (source: DELL University Medical School, DELL)

DELL Moorhouse surgery resident and doctoral candidate Philip Magoon (Philippe Magown) and graduate Basavaraj Shettar doctor and Lafs and Zhang Ying cooperate to carry out this major medical breakthrough experiment. Their findings were published in the October 13, 2015 issue of Nature Communications.

"We found that only through the skin, 1 hours of exposure to LED lights a day without any muscle link with the nerves prevented them from shrinking. Other studies have succeeded in lighting the nerve, but we are the first to study the effect of skipping nerves and directly acting on muscles. This research has made significant progress, because injuries to nerve tissue failure or diseases such as ALS, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (sclerosis), can not stimulate muscles to operate by stimulating nerves.

Recovery of muscle function by LED ray irradiation

In order to test the theory that light can directly stimulate muscle activity, researchers implanted ion channel in the gene of mice, which was first discovered in single cell green algae. This ion channel allows muscles to contract when stimulated by LED blue light.

Scientists seek simple ways to implant light responsive ions to human body.

"Our next step is to develop an ion channel that directly reacts light to muscle without modifying the combination of genes. In this way, we may find ways to find a cure for human beings. "

For example, Raffles suggested that such an ion channel be transferred to the hand muscles of the hand muscles and nerves due to injury. "We see the possibility of developing a" LED light glove ", which can be used to prevent muscle atrophy, and when patients want to get something, they can stimulate muscle contraction.

Potential applications are limitless to help patients with neurological diseases such as progressive cold syndrome.

The new technology, which is still in the research stage, has many potential applications, including diaphragm used to stimulate the patients with progressive frozen disease, and helps patients suffering from respiratory problems due to the failure of neural mechanisms and synaptic connections, stimulating their respiratory muscles and keeping muscles in operation. (compile: China LED net /emmachang)

Source: Dalhousie University News

For more LED related information, please click on China LED net or pay attention to WeChat public account (cnledw2013).