Bright Light
Formal and model driven design of the bright light therapy system Luxamet
... Seasonal depression seriously diminishes the quality of life for many patients. To improve their condition, we propose LUXAMET, a bright light therapy system. This system has the potential relieve patients ...
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Bright Light Treatment of Depression for 28 Adolescents
... white light light treatment in this study is comparable to that reported for dim white light in drug studies ...white light response is significant and should be consid- ered as a confound ...
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Bright light enhances the efficiency of physical activity in combination with a restrictive diet
... morning bright light treatment to verify the possibility of obesity correction using bright ...with light, compared to the placebo session, weight did not reduce significantly, but percentage ...
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Bright light in elderly subjects with nonseasonal major depressive disorder: a double blind randomised clinical trial using early morning bright blue light comparing dim red light treatment
... morning bright (10,000 lux) versus ver- sus dim light (300 lux), 30 minutes, 5 days, and obtained significant mood improvement under the active condi- ...morning light treatment (5000 lux, 50 ...
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Stimulating brain tissue with bright light alters functional connectivity in brain at the resting state
... Light is considered to modulate human brain function only via the retinal pathway, a way of thinking that we aimed to challenge in the present study. Literature provides evidence of inherent phototransduction for ...
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Bright light treatment of depression for older adults [ISRCTN55452501]
... After signing written informed consent, volunteers, ages 60–79 years, with significant depressive complaints were evaluated for the randomized clinical trial. An intake assessment questionnaire included questions ...
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Does bright light have an anxiolytic effect? an open trial
... of bright light or exercise on the circadian ...to bright light or exercise treatment, but the present report is limited to data associated with the bright light ...dim ...
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Bright light therapy in pregnant women with major depressive disorder: study protocol for a randomized, double blind, controlled clinical trial
... depression. Bright light therapy (BLT) is a promising treatment for pregnant women with depressive disorder, for it combines direct availability, sufficient efficacy, low costs and high safety, taking the ...
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Low intensity blue enriched white light (750 lux) and standard bright light (10 000 lux) are equally effective in treating SAD A randomized controlled study
... blue light in the treatment of SAD is still unclear, low-intensity blue-enriched white light with an intensity of 750 lux is highly effective, and equal to standard bright light at 10 000 lux, ...
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The effects of evening bright light on human body temperature and sleep architecture
... High pre-sleep ambient temperature, exercise and passive heating of the body and head have been empirically associated with increases in the Slow Wave component of NREM sleep in humans..[r] ...
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Behaviour of migrating birds exposed to X band radar and a bright light beam
... Tracking single nocturnal migrants while switching on and off a strong searchlight mounted parallel to the radar antenna, however, induced pronounced reactions by the birds: (1) a wide variation of directional shifts ...
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Jet lag syndrome: circadian organization, pathophysiology, and management strategies
... environmental light cues. During jet lag, abrupt shifts in the environmental light–dark cycle temporarily desynchronize the SCN and downstream oscillatory networks from each other, resulting in increased ...
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‘In a dark place, we find ourselves’: light intensity in critical care units
... As light is the most powerful ‘ re-setter ’ of circadian rhythm, we measured light intensity on intensive care ...unit. Light intensity was low compared to daylight during the ‘ day ’ ; frequent ...
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Clinical management of sleep disturbances in Alzheimer's disease: current and emerging strategies
... measures, bright light therapy (BLT), melatonin, and other drugs are likely well known and correctly managed by the physicians in charge of these ...
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Efficacy of light therapy for perinatal depression: a review
... to light which might make bright light especially suitable for perinatal depres- ...day- light is of significantly shorter ...in light exposure of postpartum women ...
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What is the available evidence that artificial light at night affects animal behaviour? A systematic map protocol
... We consulted with academics working in the field of ALAN and animal behaviour to help formulate the main and secondary question and then define the scope of the systematic map. It was agreed to include behavioural ...
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Bright green light treatment of depression for older adults [ISRCTN69400161]
... for light treatment of ...of bright light has not been fully ...by light in the absence of melanopsin, suggesting an ancillary role for rods or cones which may be more sensitive to green ...
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Revisiting BEECLUST: Aggregation of Swarm Robots with Adaptiveness to Different Light Settings
... one bright light and one bright & one dimmed light experiments (see Figures 9b and ...one bright light experiments, the maximal cluster sizes observed during each of the ...
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Media devices in pre-school children: the recommendations of the Italian pediatric society
... [23]. Bright light may impact sleep by delaying the circadian rhythm when exposure takes place in the evening and also by causing an immediate activation in itself [24, ...
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The Behaviour of Minnows in Relation to Light Intensity
... Minnows appear to avoid bright light by a comparison of intensities if the light-dark boundary is sharp, but they may also respond to light photokinetically.. It should be noted that the[r] ...
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