The chronotherapeutic treatment of bipolar disorders: a systematic review and practice recommendations from the ISBD task force on chronotherapy and …

JF Gottlieb, F Benedetti, PA Geoffroy… - Bipolar …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To systematically review the literature on the efficacy and tolerability of the major
chronotherapeutic treatments of bipolar disorders (BD)—bright light therapy (LT), dark …

[HTML][HTML] Bright light as a personalized precision treatment of mood disorders

J Maruani, PA Geoffroy - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: The use of light for its antidepressant action dates back to the beginnings of
civilization. Three decades ago, the use of bright-light therapy (BLT) for treating Seasonal …

Efficacy of light therapy versus antidepressant drugs, and of the combination versus monotherapy, in major depressive episodes: A systematic review and meta …

PA Geoffroy, CM Schroder, E Reynaud… - Sleep medicine reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Although light therapy (LT) has been shown to be efficient in the treatment of seasonal and
non-seasonal depression, it is underused in clinical settings and antidepressant drugs (AD) …

Nongenetic optical modulation of neural stem cell proliferation and neuronal/glial differentiation

M Wang, Z Xu, Q Liu, W Sun, B Jiang, K Yang, J Li… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Photostimulation has been widely used in neuromodulation. However, existing optogenetics
techniques require genetic alternation of the targeted cell or tissue. Here, we report that …

An open trial of morning bright light treatment among US military veterans with chronic low back pain: A pilot study

HJ Burgess, M Rizvydeen, M Kimura, MH Pollack… - Pain …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective To examine the feasibility, acceptability, and effects of a home-based morning
bright light treatment on pain, mood, sleep, and circadian timing in US veterans with chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Development and characterization of an injury-free model of functional pain in rats by exposure to red light

R Khanna, A Patwardhan, X Yang, W Li, S Cai, Y Ji… - The journal of pain, 2019 - Elsevier
We report the development and characterization of a novel, injury-free rat model in which
nociceptive sensitization after red light is observed in multiple body areas reminiscent of …

Environmental light and time of day modulate subjective liking and wanting.

J Itzhacki, BHW Te Lindert, WP Van Der Meijden… - Emotion, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Several studies demonstrated effects of light on affect via projections from the retina of the
eye to the circadian clock or via projections to areas involved in mood and reward. Few field …

Quality of healthcare: A review of the impact of the hospital physical environment on improving quality of care

J Fadda - Sustainable Building for a Cleaner Environment …, 2019 - Springer
Quality of healthcare is not merely the technical care and professional performance: it is an
integral concept measured by summing up different components. According to …

Use of “lights” for bipolar depression

D Sit, S Haigh - Current psychiatry reports, 2019 - Springer
Purpose In this review, we will review the background and diagnosis of bipolar disorder
(BD); describe the efficacy data and potential circadian and neural mechanisms underlying …

Effects of object colour stimuli on human brain activities and subjective feelings in physical environment and virtual reality

G Xia, P Henry, F Queiroz… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
This work explores the potential of Virtual Reality (VR) as a medium to support emotional
positivity and well-being. In this study, we investigate and compare the effects of colour first …