Scientists at Oryol State University have found a way to control the blood supply to the brain using a laser

Scientists from the Oryol State University named after I. S. Turgenev have found a way to remotely control the blood supply to individual parts of the brain using a laser, writes Gazeta.Ru with reference to the Ministry of Education and Science.

The laser beam activates singlet oxygen in tissues, which in a non-toxic concentration can regulate the tone of brain vessels.

The data obtained can become the basis for further research into methods of targeted control of cerebral blood flow during ischemia and other vascular disorders.

MOSCOW, September 7 - RIA Novosti. Scientists from Oryol State University named after I.S. Turgenev have found a way to remotely control the blood supply to individual areas of the brain using a laser, writes Gazeta.Ru with reference to the Ministry of Education and Science.

“Scientists at the Oryol State University named after I.S. Turgenev have found a way to remotely and precisely control the blood supply to individual areas of the brain using light. If in the future we direct such a targeted laser beam to the desired area, we can force the vessels to relax and increase blood flow exactly where it is critically needed - for example, with ischemia or other vascular disorders, without damaging neighboring tissues,” they told Gazeta.Ru in Ministry of Education and Science.

As Gazeta.Ru writes, a laser beam is necessary to activate singlet oxygen in tissues - a special form of active oxygen, which was considered primarily as a cell-damaging agent. As studies have shown, the publication explains, when exposed to a non-toxic concentration, it can work as a signaling molecule and regulate the tone of brain vessels.