Part I: Basic considerations and in vitro 1. Photobiomodulation therapy and the brain: an innovative tool for therapy and discovery Praveen R. Arany2. Theoretical neuroscience Marcelo Victor Pires de Sousa, Marucia Chacur, Daniel Oliveira Martins and Carlo Rondinoni3. Photobiomodulation of cultured primary neurons: role of cytochrome c oxidaseMargaret Wong-Riley and Huan Ling Liang4. Photobiomodulation on cultured cortical neuronsYing-Ying Huang and Michael R. Hamblin5. Safety and penetration of light into the brainErica B Wang, Ramanjot Kaur, Manuel Fierro, Evan Austin, Linda Ramball Jones and Jared Jagdeo6. Near-infrared photonic energy penetration-principles and practiceTheodore A. Henderson and Larry D. Morries7. Light sources and dosimetry for the brain and whole bodyJames D. Carroll8. Mechanisms of photobiomodulation in the brainMichael R. Hamblin
Part II: Studies in animal models 9. Transcranial photobiomodulation for stroke in animal modelsLuis De Taboada and Michael R. Hamblin10. Photobiomodulation in photothrombotic strokeLorelei Tucker, Luodan Yang, Yong Li and Quanguang Zhang11. Remote photobiomodulation as a neuroprotective intervention-harnessing the indirect effects of photobiomodulationLuke Gordon, Boaz Kim, Claudia Petrucco, Ji Yeon Kim, Patrick Benson, Jonathan Stone and Daniel M. Johnstone12. Photobiomodulation for traumatic brain injury in mouse modelsMichael R. Hamblin13. Photobiomodulation and mitochondria for traumatic brain injury in mouse modelsMei X. Wu and Michael R. Hamblin14. Photobiomodulation for depression in animal modelsFarzad Salehpour, Javad Mahmoudi, Saeed Sadigh-Eteghad and Paolo Cassano15. Transcranial photobiomodulation treats Alzheimer's disease in amyloid-ß protein precursor transgenic miceLuis De Taboada and Michael R. Hamblin16. Low-level laser therapy to the bone marrow: a new therapeutic approach to neurodegenerative diseasesAmir Oron and Uri Oron17. The experimental evidence for photobiomodulation-induced cellular and behavioral changes in animal models of Parkinson's disease: a template for translation to patientsNabil El Massri and John Mitrofanis18. Effects of near-infrared low-level laser stimulation on neuronal excitabilityLjubica M. Konstantinovic and Sasa R. Filipovic19. Photobiomodulation for multiple sclerosis in animal modelsM.A. Tolentino and J.A. Lyons20. Hepatic encephalopathy and photobiomodulation: experimental models and clinical featuresNatalia Arias, Juan Diaz Gonzälez, Alberto Martin Pernia and Jorge L Arias21. Photobiomodulation in animal models of retinal injury and diseaseJanis T. Eells22. Transcranial photobiomodulation therapy for pain: animal models, dosimetry, mechanisms, perspectivesMarcelo Victor Pires de Sousa, Nathali Cordeiro Pinto and Elisabeth Mateus Yoshimura
Part III: Cinical studies 23. The challenge of effectively translating transcranial near-infrared laser therapy to treat acute ischemic strokePaul A. Lapchak24. Effects of photobiomodulation on traumatic brain injury: proposed clinical assessment Sherry Fox and Victoria Campbell25. Transcranial, red/near-infrared light-emitting diode therapy for chronic traumatic brain injury and poststroke aphasia: clinical studiesMargaret A. Naeser, Paula I. Martin, Michael D. Ho, Maxine H. Krengel, Yelena Bogdanova, Jeffrey A. Knight, Andrea Fedoruk, Michael R. Hamblin and Bang-Bon Koo26. Photobiomodulation as a potential therapeutic strategy for improving cognitive and functional outcomes in traumatic brain injuryThomas J. Covey, David W. Shucard, Melissa Meynadasy, Thomas Mang and Praveen R. Arany27. Advanced neuroimaging methods for assessment of low-level light therapySuk-tak Chan, Maria Gabriela Longo, Eva-Maria Ratai and Rajiv Gupta28. Treatment of traumatic brain injury with near-infrared lightLarry D. Morries and Theodore A. Henderson29. Photobiomodulation: a novel approach to treating Alzheimer's diseaseLew Lim, Genane Loheswaran, Reza Zomorrodi, Anita Saltmarche and Linda Chao30.