Effects of low level laser treatment on the survival of axotomized retinal ganglion cells in adult Hamsters.

Abstract:

:Injury to axons close to the neuronal bodies in the mammalian central nervous system causes a large proportion of parenting neurons to degenerate. It is known that optic nerve transection close to the eye in rodents leads to a loss of about half of retinal ganglion cells in 1 week and about 90% in 2 weeks. Using low level laser treatment in the present study, we demonstrated that treatment with helium-neon (660 nm) laser with 15 mW power could delay retinal ganglion cell death after optic nerve axotomy in adult hamsters. The effect was most apparent in the first week with a short period of treatment time (5 minutes) in which 65-66% of retinal ganglion cells survived the optic nerve axotomy whereas 45-47% of retinal ganglion cells did so in optic nerve axotomy controls. We also found that single dose and early commencement of laser irradiation were important in protecting retinal ganglion cells following optic nerve axotomy. These findings thus convincingly show that appropriate laser treatment may be neuroprotective to retinal ganglion cells.

journal_name

Neural Regen Res

authors

So KF,Leung MC,Cui Q

doi

10.4103/1673-5374.145337

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-11-01 00:00:00

pages

1863-9

issue

21

eissn

1673-5374

issn

1876-7958

pii

NRR-9-1863

journal_volume

9

pub_type

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