[HTML][HTML] Effects of light on human circadian rhythms, sleep and mood

C Blume, C Garbazza, M Spitschan - Somnologie, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Humans live in a 24-hour environment, in which light and darkness follow a diurnal pattern.
Our circadian pacemaker, the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) in the hypothalamus, is …

Systematic review of light exposure impact on human circadian rhythm

L Tähkämö, T Partonen, AK Pesonen - Chronobiology international, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Light is necessary for life, and artificial light improves visual performance and safety, but
there is an increasing concern of the potential health and environmental impacts of light …

Irregular sleep/wake patterns are associated with poorer academic performance and delayed circadian and sleep/wake timing

AJK Phillips, WM Clerx, CS O'Brien, A Sano… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The association of irregular sleep schedules with circadian timing and academic
performance has not been systematically examined. We studied 61 undergraduates for 30 …

A review of human physiological responses to light: implications for the development of integrative lighting solutions

C Vetter, PM Pattison, K Houser, M Herf, AJK Phillips… - Leukos, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Architectural lighting has potent biological effects but applied lighting practices that
capitalize on this potential have been limited. In this review, we endeavor to consolidate and …

Human-centric lighting: Myth, magic or metaphor?

KW Houser, PR Boyce, JM Zeitzer… - Lighting Research & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper discusses the rise of human-centric lighting and its current status in lighting. We
summarise the human benefits associated with light and lighting and show that human …

Individual differences in light sensitivity affect sleep and circadian rhythms

SL Chellappa - Sleep, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Artificial lighting is omnipresent in contemporary society with disruptive consequences for
human sleep and circadian rhythms because of overexposure to light, particularly in the …

Melatonin suppression is exquisitely sensitive to light and primarily driven by melanopsin in humans

AS Prayag, RP Najjar, C Gronfier - Journal of pineal research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Light elicits a range of non‐visual responses in humans. Driven predominantly
by intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), but also by rods and/or cones …

Electric lighting, adolescent sleep and circadian outcomes, and recommendations for improving light health

EJ Ricketts, DS Joyce, AJ Rissman, HJ Burgess… - Sleep medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Light is a potent circadian entraining agent. For many people, daily light exposure is
fundamentally dysregulated with reduced light during the day and increased light into the …

[HTML][HTML] Melanopsin contributions to non-visual and visual function

M Spitschan - Current opinion in behavioral sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Melanopsin is a short-wavelength-sensitive photopigment that was discovered only around
20 years ago. It is expressed in the cell bodies and processes of a subset of retinal ganglion …

Circadian rhythms and hormonal homeostasis: pathophysiological implications

D Gnocchi, G Bruscalupi - Biology, 2017 - mdpi.com
Over recent years, a deeper comprehension of the molecular mechanisms that control
biological clocks and circadian rhythms has been achieved. In fact, many studies have …