ReviewFrontiers in neurology2017
In a Heartbeat: Light and Cardiovascular Physiology.
Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
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20 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Unlocking the potential of circadian biology for cardiovascular health.Physiological reviews · 2026Review
- The impact of environmental pollution and climate change on hypertension: a position paper by the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Working Group on Environment in Hypertension.Cardiovascular research · 2026Review
- The Impact of Lighting Conditions on Users' Alertness and Working Memory in Confined Spaces.PsyCh journal · 2025Article
- Protocol for a prospective, multicentre, cross-sectional cohort study to assess personal light exposure.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Circadian Regulation of Cardiac Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology.Circulation research · 2024Review
- Metadata recommendations for light logging and dosimetry datasets.BMC digital health · 2024Article
- A Review of the Links Between Work and Heart Disease in the 21st Century.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2024Review
- Circadian Rhythms in Cardiovascular Function: Implications for Cardiac Diseases and Therapeutic Opportunities.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Review
- Chronic blue light-emitting diode exposure harvests gut dysbiosis related to cholesterol dysregulation.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Article
- Built environment color modulates autonomic and EEG indices of emotional response.Psychophysiology · 2022Article
- Spectrophotometric properties of commercially available blue blockers across multiple lighting conditions.Chronobiology international · 2022Article
- Daytime Exposure to Blue Light Alters Cardiovascular Circadian Rhythms, Electrolyte Excretion and Melatonin Production.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2022Article
- Understanding Circadian Mechanisms of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop, Part 1: Basic and Translational Aspects.Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology · 2021Review
- Effects of dim artificial light at night on locomotor activity, cardiovascular physiology, and circadian clock genes in a diurnal songbird.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2021Article
- Sympathetic Nervous System Mediates Cardiac Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction in a Circadian Disruption Model.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- Effects of Different Light Sources on Neural Activity of the Paraventricular Nucleus in the Hypothalamus.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Article
- Impact of Circadian Disruption on Cardiovascular Function and Disease.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2019Review
- Light Modulation of Human Clocks, Wake, and Sleep.Clocks & sleep · 2019Article
- Visual and psychological stress during computer work in healthy, young females-physiological responses.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Light impinging on the retina fulfils a dual function: it serves for vision and it is required for proper entrainment of the endogenous circadian timing system to the 24-h day, thus influencing behaviors that promote health and optimal quality of life but are independent of image formation. The circadian pacemaker located in the suprachiasmatic nuclei modulates the cardiovascular system with an intrinsic ability to anticipate morning solar time and with a circadian nature of adverse cardiovascular events. Here, we infer that light exposure might affect cardiovascular function and provide evidence from existing research. Findings show a time-of-day dependent increase in relative sympathetic tone associated with bright light in the morning but not in the evening hours. Furthermore, dynamic light in the early morning hours can reduce the deleterious sleep-to-wake evoked transition on cardiac modulation. On the contrary, effects of numerous light parameters, such as illuminance level and wavelength of monochromatic light, on cardiac function are mixed. Therefore, in future research studies, light modalities, such as timing, duration, and its wavelength composition, should be taken in to account when testing the potential of light as a non-invasive countermeasure for adverse cardiovascular events.
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