Dr. Paolo Cassano is the Director of the Brain Photobiomodulation Clinic at Mass General and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cassano has led multiple studies on transcranial photobiomodulation with near-infrared light for anxiety and mood disorders, including translational studies aimed at discovering the mechanisms of action of photobiomodulation. His translational studies have focused on the effects of near-infrared light on mitochondria, cerebral blood flow, brain electrical activity, and autonomic reactivity.
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In adults with moderate to severe depression, heated yoga sessions delivered over an 8 week period were associated with clinically significant reductions in depressive symptoms. -
Preliminary data suggests t-PBM may be efficacious in improving cognition in people with early Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).