News: Using Light to Treat Brain Disorders
Although Botox injections have been used in the treatment for cerebral palsy for over a decade, they didn’t really arrive on my radar as a possibility until about 5 years ago. And I didn’t consider actively pursuing it as a treatment until I began working with PTE (personal trainer extraordinaire) about 2 1/2 years ago. Now, I’m determined never to miss out on a promising treatment due to my own ignorance, so I’m signed up for all kinds of neurology news RSS feeds.
New Tools Use Light To Turn Off Brain Cells And Possibly Treat Brain Disorders
Although cerebral palsy isn’t mentioned specifically here, it is a type of brain injury, usually suffered before, during, or in the two years after birth. CP is characterized by “inappropriate brain activity” similar, I think, to what’s described here. So it seems to me–although like I said, I speak only remedial “neurologist”– that this might eventually be an applicable treatment for CP too.
Anyway, very cool.