A major breakthrough! LED and other neurological diseases or treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

[LED] China network DELL Canada Moorhouse (Dalhousie University) University experts in neuroscience researchers and brain repair center found a new method, you can skip the nervous system, direct stimulation of injury or disease and loss of nerve muscle connection.

When the LED light failure success directly stimulate the nerve muscle to prevent atrophy

Taught in the medical department of Neurology at the same time, who is also director of the center for brain repair Witt Lafs (Victor Rafuse) professor and his joint research partner, assistant professor Zhang Ying Department (Ying, Zhang) said they successfully use LED light muscle stimulation, can make the nerve injury and neurodegenerative diseases caused by some muscle atrophy and paralysis reaction.

Taught in the medical department of Neurology at the same time, who is also director of the center for brain repair Witt Lafs (Victor Rafuse) professor and his joint research partner, assistant professor Zhang Ying Department (Ying, Zhang) said they successfully use LED light muscle stimulation, can make the nerve injury and neurodegenerative diseases caused by some muscle atrophy and paralysis reaction. (source: DELL Moorhouse University School of Medicine)

DELL Moorhouse surgery residency and PhD candidate Philip Magoon (Philippe Magown) of this medical breakthrough experiment and graduate student Basavaraj Shettar and physician Lafs and Zhang Ying cooperation. They found that in October 13, 2015 published in the journal "Nature Communications".

"We found that as long as through the skin, a day with LED light irradiation for 1 hours with no links to the nerve muscle atrophy, can prevent them. Other studies made in light stimulates nerves, but we are the first to study the nerve and skip a direct role in the muscle. This study brings great progress, because of the complete failure of nerve tissue injury or like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, commonly known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and other diseases, not by nerve stimulation for muscle operation."

By LED light muscle recovery

In order to verify the light can directly stimulate the muscle activity theory, the researchers implanted in the mouse genes to light react ion channel (ion channel), the ion channel was first discovered in the unicellular green alga on. This can make muscle ion channels by LED blue stimulated contraction.

Scientists seek simple light reaction to human body ion implantation

"Our next step is to develop a kind of ion channel to the light reaction is directly transmitted to the muscles, without modification gene combinations. So we could have a way of finding the feasible therapy for human."

For example, suggestions will be sent Laves ion channels that the hand muscle nerve injury failure patients hand muscles. "We see the possibility to develop a" LED light gloves ", wear can be used to avoid muscle atrophy, and the patient wants to take things, can stimulate muscle contraction."

The potential application of the infinite is expected to help patients with neurological diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

This is a new technology in the research phase has many potential applications, including in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis stimulates the diaphragm because neurons and synaptic mechanisms to help link failure by suffering from respiratory problems in patients with respiratory muscle to stimulate their muscles to maintain the operation, let. (Translation: China LED /emmachang)

Source: Dalhousie University News

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