ReviewMolecular psychiatry2013
Influence of the modern light environment on mood.
Review in Molecular psychiatry, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02653040 (Light as an Aid for Recovery in Psychiatric Inpatients), which is not on this map. Cited by 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Light as an Aid for Recovery in Psychiatric Inpatients: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial
Who cites it
73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Artificial light at night and risk of depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2024Pooled it
- A Web- and Mobile App-Based Mental Health Promotion Intervention Comparing Email, Short Message Service, and Videoconferencing Support for a Healthy Cohort: Randomized Comparative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Chronic exposure to artificial light at night dampens rhythms in locomotor activity, metabolism, and sleep in female mice.Physiology & behavior · 2026Article
- Association between light exposure patterns and multidimensional health outcomes in individuals with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: findings from an observational cross-sectional cohort study.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Observational
- Bright Light Therapy in Psychiatric Disorders: Mechanisms, Clinical Procedures and Evidence.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Influence of Artificial Light at Night on Thyroid Gland Histology inAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- The Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla Input to Central Amygdala Regulates Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Mice for Chronic Light Exposure.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Article
- Interference of phototherapy with blue LED light on the behaviour of mice infected with Toxoplasma gondii.PloS one · 2026Article
- Dual zeitgeber axes in psoriasis: a chronobiological framework for immune jet lag.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Effects of different light spectra on locomotion, anxiety, and heart rate in spontaneously hypertensive rats and Wistar-Kyoto rats.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2025Article
- The Effects of Light on Vertebrate Welfare: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Effects of air and light pollution on brain and behavioral function: Potential synergy.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2025Review
- Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Stress: A Hormetic Perspective.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- Light quality and time in shelter modulate behavior and cortisol in the domestic cat (iScience · 2025Article
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- Light-eye-body axis: exploring the network from retinal illumination to systemic regulation.Theranostics · 2025Review
- How does the macroenvironment influence brain and behaviour-a review of current status and future perspectives.Molecular psychiatry · 2024Review
- Relationship between sun exposure and seasonal affective disorder symptoms in rural older people with different personalities: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Outdoor nighttime light exposure (light pollution) is associated with Alzheimer's disease.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Blue light at night produces stress-evoked heightened aggression by enhancing brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the basolateral amygdala.Neurobiology of stress · 2024Article
13 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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2 authors.
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Abstract
Humans and other organisms have adapted to a consistent and predictable 24-h solar cycle, but over the past ~130 years the widespread adoption of electric light has transformed our environment. Instead of aligning behavioral and physiological processes to the natural solar cycle, individuals respond to artificial light cycles created by social and work schedules. Urban light pollution, night shift work, transmeridian travel, televisions and computers have dramatically altered the timing of light used to entrain biological rhythms. In humans and other mammals, light is detected by the retina and intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells project this information both to the circadian system and limbic brain regions. Therefore, it is possible that exposure to light at night, which has become pervasive, may disrupt both circadian timing and mood. Notably, the rate of major depression has increased in recent decades, in parallel with increasing exposure to light at night. Strong evidence already links circadian disruption to major depression and other mood disorders. Emerging evidence from the past few years suggests that exposure to light at night also negatively influences mood. In this review, we discuss evidence from recent human and rodent studies supporting the novel hypothesis that nighttime exposure to light disrupts circadian organization and contributes to depressed mood.
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