Red and Near-Infrared Light – Page 12 – Red lights on the brain

Red lights connect cells

Near-infrared light can restore the function of damaged dopamine-producing cells.

Thanks to Jane from South Australia for alerting me to this research article.*

Anything that is published in a medical journal called Molecular Degeneration and which starts with “reduced axonal transport in Parkinson’s disease cybrid neurites…” sounds a bit daunting, but it is a very interesting read, and you can download the full article.

Circuitry

Circuit diagrams for DIY red light hat.

This post comes courtesy of Michael, designer of the Cossack light hat and star of the DIY Cossack movie.

Michael has made available diagrams and information for those who understand these things.

Keeping records

I’m regularly asked if it is possible to track any changes when starting to wear a light hat.

Light and neuroprotection

This medical journal article should have been posted ages ago. My apologies for being so slow in making it available to you.

Parkinson’s in fiction

A friend has introduced me to the Joe O’Loughlin series by author Michael Robotham.

Joe, a psychologist, is introduced in the first of the series, The Suspect; he lives in and works in London, has a gorgeous wife and daughter and a larger-than-life surgeon father nicknamed ‘God’s physician-in waiting’.

Joe is in his early forties when he first develops symptoms of Parkinson’s. He refuses to acknowledge it initially, but over time it is impossible not to.

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Couldn’t be bothered

For over three years now, I’ve been observing the effect of daily use of red/near infrared light hat devices on people with Parkinson’s disease.

I continue to be astonished at the way red/near infrared lights can improve the non-motor or non-movement symptoms – especially apathy. I think apathy is probably one of the most cruel of the many Parkinson’s symptoms.