BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 71-76 , April 2011

Infrared radiation has potential antidepressant and anxiolytic effects in animal model of depression and anxiety

  • Yoshihiro Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
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  • Jotaro Akiyoshi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Jotaro Akiyoshi, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Oita 879-5593, Japan.
    • ,
  • Yoshinari Kawahara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshinobu Ishitobi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
    • ,
  • Koji Hatano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
    • ,
  • Nobuhiko Hoaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
    • ,
  • Ayumi Mori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
    • ,
  • Shinjiro Goto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
    • ,
  • Jusen Tsuru

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
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  • Hirotaka Matsushita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
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  • Hiroaki Hanada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
    • ,
  • Kensuke Kodama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
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  • Koichi Isogawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
    • ,
  • Hirokazu Kitamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Anatomy, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshihisa Fujikura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Anatomy, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-Shi, Oita, Japan

Received 24 December 2009 ,Revised 27 March 2010 ,Accepted 12 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.04.001

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 71-76 , April 2011

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