Trofimov Alexey

Abstract: Low-level near-infrared light-induced transcranial photobiomodulation (NIR-TPBM) is a promising technology for improving cerebral blood flow and metabolism. However, the effects of NIR-TPBM on the visual pathway’s function remain poorly understood. The aim was to assess the visual pathway’s function changes in response to NIR-TPBM in young, healthy volunteers. Our results on the increase in eye movement coupling after NIR-TPBM, with a high probability, indicate a positive effect on the functional connectivity of neural networks, which opens up broad prospects for its use in various neurological and mental disorders. Finally, although this study demonstrated the effectiveness of NIR-TPBM on visual pathways function, the single application certainly limits the generalizability of these results to clinical settings.

Speaker: Alex O. Trofimov is an Associate Professor at the Department of Neurological Diseases of Privolzhsky Research Medical University in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. He received his MD and PhD degrees in neurosurgery and neurology from the Nizhny Novgorod Medical State Academy in 1998 and 2006, respectively. At various times, he completed fellowships at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, the Catholic University of Leuven, King's College London, the University of California, Los Angeles, Sklifosovsky’s Emergency Care Institute of Moscow, and etc.. His current research interests include brain physics, intracranial pressure, cerebral microcirculation, transcranial photobiomodulation, and electrical stimulation. He has published more than 100 journal articles and 5 book chapters. He is a member of ISOTT, AANS, and EANS.