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Near infrared light mitigates cerebellar pathology in transgenic mouse models of dementia.
Neurosci Lett. 2015 Mar 30;591:155-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.02.037
Purushothuman S(), Johnstone DM(), Nandasena C(), Eersel Jv(), Ittner LM(), Mitrofanis J(), Stone J()
Abstract:
We previously reported that Alzheimer-related pathology in cerebral cortex of APP/PS1 and K3 tau transgenic mouse strains is mitigated by near infrared light (NIr). Here, we extend these observations to the cerebellum. One month of NIr treatment mitigated the deposition of β-amyloid in cerebellar cortex of APP/PS1mice, and the formation of neurofibrillary tangles, the hyperphosphorylation of tau, the damage caused by oxidative stress and the downregulation of cytochrome oxidase expression by Purkinje cells in the cerebellar cortex of K3 mice. These findings show the ability of NIr to mitigate degeneration in many - probably all - regions of the mouse brain.
PMID: 25703226
Tags: Alzheimer’s, beta-amyloid, mice, near infrared light, tau