Gut Microbiota-Targeted Photobiomodulation Ameliorates Alzheimer's Pathology via the Gut-Brain Axis: Comparable Efficacy to Transcranial Irradiation.

Microorganisms · 2025 · PMC12734975 · PMID 41471864

Europe PMC DOI

hedged sentences

0.1700

closest p · 3.4× alpha

0.1800

boldest claim

The sentences

did not reach statistical significancep = 0.17not close (p > 0.1)

gm-PBM treatment moderately reduced the latency to 48.80 ± 18.91 s, although this difference did not reach statistical significance when compared to the untreated AD group ( p = 0.17).

also in 45,344 other papers

a clear trendp = 0.18not close (p > 0.1)

The gm-PBM treatment group showed a clear trend toward improvement in entry frequency (3.8 ± 1.48 times); although the difference did not reach statistical significance versus the AD group ( p = 0.18), the numerical increase may hold biological relevance.

also in 8,105 other papers

Quoted from the open-access full text in Europe PMC under the licence the publisher applied. The sentence is reproduced exactly as published; the emphasis is ours.