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We evaluated the acute electrophysiological effects of low-energy pulsed laser irradiation on isolated frog sciatic nerve measured by extracellular recording technique. A pulsed gallium–arsenide (GaAs) laser (wavelength: 904 nm, pulse duration 220 ns, peak power per pulse: 27 W, spot size: 0.28 cm2, total applied energy density: 0.005–2.5 J/cm2) was used for the experiment. Sixty isolated nerves were divided into six groups (n=10), each of which received a different laser dose. In each group, action potentials were recorded before laser irradiation which served as the control data. The extracellular action potentials were recorded for each combination of 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 13 and 15 minutes of irradiation time and 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 and 128 repetition frequency by using a BIOPAC MP 100 Acquisition System Version 3.5.7 (Santa Barbara, USA). Action potential amplitude, area, duration and conduction velocity were measured. Statistical evaluation was performed using repeated measures variance analysis by SPSS 9.0. There were no statistically significant differences for action potential amplitude, area and conduction velocity among the laser groups and control data (p>0.05). The study showed that low-energy GaAs irradiation at 4–128 Hz repetition frequencies administered for irradiation times of 1–15 min generates no effect on action potential amplitude, area, duration and conduction velocity in isolated frog sciatic nerve.
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Paper received 26 February 2001; accepted after revision 24 August 2001.
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Çömelekoğlu, Ü., Bağiş, S., Büyükakilli, B. et al. Acute Electrophysiological Effect of Pulsed Gallium–Arsenide Low-Energy Laser Irradiation on Isolated Frog Sciatic Nerve. Lasers Med Sci 17, 62–67 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-002-8268-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-002-8268-3