Episode 191: Francisco Gonzalez-Lima discusses methylene blue & noninvasive human brain stimulation

About this episode

Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Lima discusses his lab's research on methylene blue and noninvasive brain stimulation techniques.

Today we have Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Lima, a behavioral neuroscientist who was our guest in episodes 106 and 107 back in 2020. Since those 2020 interviews, Francisco and his colleagues at the Gonzalez-Lima Lab have produced dozens of more studies and papers that have advanced their work on methylene blue, transcranial lasers, memory enhancement, neuroprotection and neurocognitive disorders. Francisco and his lab at the University of Texas Austin are recognized as world leaders for their research on the relationships between brain energy metabolism, memory and neurobehavioral disorders. In today’s interview, we talk to Francisco about his lab’s most recent research on the beneficial neurocognitive and emotional effects of noninvasive human brain stimulation in healthy, aging and mentally ill populations. This research primarily uses transcranial infrared laser stimulation and multimodal imaging, which we will discuss in today’s interview. Be sure to check out our earlier interviews with Francisco where he talked aobut his work on brain metabolic mapping and Alzheimer’s, episode 106 , and his research into methylene blue and near-infrared light as therapies for cognitive disorders…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dawn, Ken

Guest: Francisco Gonzalez-Lima

Topics covered

• methylene blue
• noninvasive brain stimulation
• transcranial lasers
• memory enhancement
• neuroprotection
• neurocognitive disorders

Keywords

• behavioral neuroscience
• brain energy metabolism
• transcranial infrared laser stimulation
• multimodal imaging

Mentioned in this episode

Products: methylene blue, transcranial infrared laser

Books & works: Beyond plaques: How methylene blue, Augmenting internet based cognitive

Places: Switzerland

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