Artificial light at night and risk of mental disorders: a systematic review

S Tancredi, T Urbano, M Vinceti, T Filippini - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Emerging evidence suggests a possible association between artificial light at
night (LAN) exposure and physiological and behavioral changes, with implications on mood …

Circadian de (regulation) in physiology: implications for disease and treatment

LVM de Assis, A Kramer - Genes & Development, 2024 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Time plays a crucial role in the regulation of physiological processes. Without a temporal
control system, animals would be unprepared for cyclic environmental changes, negatively …

Associations between light exposure and sleep timing and sleepiness while awake in a sample of UK adults in everyday life

A Didikoglu, N Mohammadian… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Experimental and interventional studies show that light can regulate sleep timing and
sleepiness while awake by setting the phase of circadian rhythms and supporting alertness …

Artificial light at night, MRI-based measures of brain iron deposition and incidence of multiple mental disorders

J **, W Han, T Yang, Z Xu, J Zhang, R Cao… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Epidemiologic evidence on whether iron accumulation in brain modified the
association between artificial light at night (ALAN) and incident mental disorders is lacking …

Exposure to bedroom light pollution and cardiometabolic risk: a cohort study from Chinese young adults

Y Xu, Y Yu, Y Huang, Y Wan, P Su, F Tao, Y Sun - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Indoor light environment has altered dramatically and exposure to light at night (LAN)
potential leads to the progression of cardiometabolic conditions. However, few studies have …

The lower correlated color temperature with higher illuminance nocturnal light environment improves cognitive performance and sleep quality

J Nie, Q Zou, L Chen, Z Chen, Q Hu, F Jiao, Z Pan… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Well-designed nocturnal light environment could boost performance on the cognitive tasks
and promote sleep quality after light exposure. We optimized and fabricated a four-channel …

Recommendations for measuring and standardizing light for laboratory mammals to improve welfare and reproducibility in animal research

RJ Lucas, AE Allen, GC Brainard, TM Brown… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Light enables vision and exerts widespread effects on physiology and behavior, including
regulating circadian rhythms, sleep, hormone synthesis, affective state, and cognitive …

Developmental growth plate cartilage formation suppressed by artificial light at night via inhibiting BMAL1-driven collagen hydroxylation

G Chen, Q Tang, S Yu, Y Shen, J Sun, J Peng… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Exposure to artificial light at night (LAN) can induce obesity, depressive disorder and
osteoporosis, but the pernicious effects of excessive LAN exposure on tissue structure are …

Translational approaches to influence sleep and arousal

RE Brown, TJ Spratt, GB Kaplan - Brain research bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Sleep disorders are widespread in society and are prevalent in military personnel and in
Veterans. Disturbances of sleep and arousal mechanisms are common in neuropsychiatric …

Continuous home cage monitoring of activity and sleep in mice during repeated paroxetine treatment and discontinuation

HM Collins, R Pinacho, SKE Tam, T Sharp… - …, 2023 - Springer
Rationale Non-invasive home cage monitoring is emerging as a valuable tool to assess the
effects of experimental interventions on mouse behaviour. A field in which these techniques …