Margaret Naeser, Ph.D., is located at the Boston Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, and is Research Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine. Since 2010, she has studied the effect of red/near-infrared (NIR) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) placed over the scalp/brain to treat sequelae of traumatic brain injury (TBI), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), stroke/Aphasia, dementia, and Gulf War Illness. She has recently worked with retired athletes/ex-football players suspected of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). She has a strong interest in neuroplasticity and utilizing transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) to promote neuromodulation for brain recovery. This includes studying changes in functional connectivity on MRI scans within specific, intrinsic neural networks which are damaged (but not destroyed), in various central nervous system disorders. She has had VA-/ National Institutes for Health (NIH)-funded research for over 40 years, with early emphasis on neuroanatomy of stroke location in the brain, on CT/MRI scans in patients who have language problems (Aphasia). She has published research using transcranial magnetic brain stimulation in (rTMS) to improve language in chronic stroke/Aphasia. She has over 100 publications. She is on the editorial board, Photobiomodulation, Photomedicine and Laser Surgery (PMLS), and Fellow, American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS). She received her Bachelor of Art from Smith College, and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

 

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