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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lasers Surg Med. 2010 Aug;42(6):450–466. doi: 10.1002/lsm.20950

TABLE 8.

Studies Involving Stroke

Refs. Subject Condition CW PW λ (nm) f (Hz) Other reported parameters Results
Lapchak et al.
   [26]		 Rabbits Ischemic
   stroke		 X X 808 100 and 1,000 Power density: 7.5 mW/cm2; on time:
   0.3 milliseconds (1,000 Hz),
   2 milliseconds (100 Hz); average
   energy delivered to the brain:
   0.9–1.2 J; duty cycle: 30% and 20%		 PW > CW; both 1 kHz
    and 100 Hz had similar
   effect with no
   significant difference
   between the two
Lapchak and
   De Taboada
   [27]		 Rabbits Ischemic
   stroke		 X X 808 100 Cortical irradiance: 7.5 mW/cm2 (CW),
   37.5 mW/cm2 (PW); cortical fluence:
   0.9 J/cm2 (CW), 4.5 J/cm2 (PW)		 PW > CW