New Light on Parkinson's?
 

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/articl...eam-psychiatry

white rat with lavender laser....!

UVA has done a light study on humans...
 

Don't have the link, but last week UVA announced a similar result with people...the lead investigator was Patricia Trimmer (yes, we found that name funny as well) and it sounds very promising. It involves low level light therapy, I think it what they called it. Sounds very promising, and not as invasive as having an eletrical cord in your head!

Now I am loving this. How can we fast track this one? It sounds like a beautiful, imaginary cure in an alternate universe, but I sure would like to find out how far we could take this one right away.

Thanks, Ib.

Here's the link on the UVA study:
 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/L...ow/4692813.cms

I particularly liked the part of the article which said:

"However, LLLT is already being used to treat a wide range of human conditions involving injury and inflammation. It has also been evaluated in Phase 2 clinical trials as a way to ameliorate the consequences of stroke."

Yes, light-induced activation of neurons sounds very interesting. One of hte papers came out just a few months ago. It is still in its early stages, the mice they used for their experiments seem to be transgenics made with a protein that responds to the light. If it has to work for humans I think they have to figure out a way to identify and activate neurons that need stimulation. It is interesting and definitely worth following!

More info on this subject:
Light Switch for the Brain
Scientists have developed a light-triggered switch to control brain cells, which could aid in the development of therapies for epilepsy and other diseases--and shed light on the neural code.
By Emily Singer
If clicking on the title above does not work, paste the link below into your web browser:
http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/18488/

Karl Deisseroth is the person at Stanford who pioneered this work. His info if anyone is interested:
E-mail: deissero at stanford.edu

Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Clark Center W083
Department of Bioengineering
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305


Education
2000 Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Stanford University
2000 M.D., Stanford University
1992 A.B. in Biochemical Sciences, Harvard College

Professional Positions
01/09 - Present Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Psychiatry, Stanford Univ
01/06 - Present Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
01/05 - 12/08 Assistant Professor of Bioengineering

Girija

more on this...
 

one of the top guys at UVA has left to head up the Parkinson's Initiative, at Virginia Commonwealth....he is also involved in the low level light therapy...here's the link:

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/new...222603/277297/

I had understood from the article that humans had been involved in the study...yet Girlja indicated mice were used? I am going to dig a bit deeper and see what I can find about what was used and how for the study referenced....

Lurkingforcure

Looks like these are two separate studies. one at UVA and the other at Stanford. Sorry for the confusion.
All the better if these studies are from two different labs!

Girija

HI guys,

While I am not a PD patient I have been doing LLLT therapy for a while now for a sever HSV1 infection that I have been battling. It has absolutely speeded my healing and proved beneficial.

lllt used much more than we thought...
 

For many things....here's one link:

http://www.exchangemagazine.com/morn...day/062310.htm

and even breast cancer (odd, was never mentioned to my sister in law as an option, when they sold her on the double maestectomy which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars....):

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/H...ow/4722869.cms

Now to ebay to see if we can find a laser!

Blue light special
 

Hi ib, could not resist posting! Where do you find these things :wink:
I bet there are a lot of us that would say tommorrow "HOOK ME UP"
what say you all?
"with dope, there is hope"
yours ib!