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 …

Light at night disrupts biological clocks, calendars, and immune function

WH Walker, JR Bumgarner, DD Becker-Krail… - Seminars in …, 2022 - Springer
Light at night is a pervasive problem in our society; over 80% of the world's population
experiences significant light pollution. Exacerbating this issue is the reality that artificially lit …

Light at night and cause-specific mortality risk in Mainland China: a nationwide observational study

Y Lu, P Yin, J Wang, Y Yang, F Li, H Yuan, S Li, Z Long… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background While epidemiological studies have found correlations between light at night
(LAN) and health effects, none has so far investigated the impacts of LAN on population …

Dim blue light at night induces spatial memory impairment in mice by hippocampal neuroinflammation and oxidative stress

Q Liu, Z Wang, J Cao, Y Dong, Y Chen - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Light pollution is one of the most serious public problems, especially the night light.
However, the effect of dim blue light at night (dLAN-BL) on cognitive function is unclear. In …

Microglia depletion ameliorates neuroinflammation, anxiety-like behavior, and cognitive deficits in a sex-specific manner in Rev-erbα knockout mice

R Chen, BN Routh, JE Straetker, CR Gibson… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The circadian system is an evolutionarily adaptive system that synchronizes biological and
physiological activities within the body to the 24 h oscillations on Earth. At the molecular …

Circadian regulation of the neuroimmune environment across the lifespan: from brain development to aging

R Chen, BN Routh, AD Gaudet… - Journal of biological …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Circadian clocks confer 24-h periodicity to biological systems, to ultimately maximize energy
efficiency and promote survival in a world with regular environmental light cycles. In …

Molecular mechanisms of artificial light at night affecting circadian rhythm disturbance

T Lei, H Hua, H Du, J ** schedules during the COVID-19 pandemic likely impact our
circadian systems. At the molecular level, clock genes form feedback inhibition loops that …