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The Most Restful Wavelength

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JULIA GERMAINE, [email protected]

A mouse study has revealed the role of a light-sensitive pigment in sleep regulation, and could deepen our understanding of how color balance — and light-emitting devices in general — affect human sleep cycles. Researchers from Oxford University’s Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute exposed mice to bright light during the night, aiming to disambiguate two physically incompatible responses that had been previously observed — the inducement of sleep and a simultaneous increase in corticosterone, a stress hormone produced by the adrenal gland that causes...Read full article

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    Published: June 2016
    Photonics SpectraLighter SideOxfordEuropeEnglandLight SourcesResearch & TechnologyDisplaysBiophotonicsmelanopsinhormonesleepstuart peirsonneuroscienceneurology

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