Amelioration of cardiac function and activation of anti-inflammatory vasoactive peptides expression in the rat myocardium by low level laser therapy.

Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been used as an anti-inflammatory treatment in several disease conditions, even when inflammation is a secondary consequence, such as in myocardial infarction (MI). However, the mechanism by which LLLT is able to protect the remaining myocardium remains unclear. Th...

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Main Authors: Martha Trindade Manchini, Andrey Jorge Serra, Regiane dos Santos Feliciano, Eduardo Tadeu Santana, Ednei Luis Antônio, Paulo de Tarso Camillo de Carvalho, Jairo Montemor, Renato Oliveira Crajoinas, Adriana Castello Costa Girardi, Paulo José Ferreira Tucci, José Antônio Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4081549?pdf=render