[HTML][HTML] Circadian rhythm disruption and mental health

WH Walker, JC Walton, AC DeVries… - Translational psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
Circadian rhythms are internal manifestations of the solar day that permit adaptations to
predictable environmental temporal changes. These~ 24-h rhythms are controlled by …

Association between light at night, melatonin secretion, sleep deprivation, and the internal clock: Health impacts and mechanisms of circadian disruption

Y Touitou, A Reinberg, D Touitou - Life sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Exposure to Artificial Light At Night (ALAN) results in a disruption of the circadian
system, which is deleterious to health. In industrialized countries, 75% of the total workforce …

[HTML][HTML] Is melatonin the “next vitamin D”?: a review of emerging science, clinical uses, safety, and dietary supplements

DM Minich, M Henning, C Darley, M Fahoum… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nutrients | Free Full-Text | Is Melatonin the “Next Vitamin D”?: A Review of
Emerging Science, Clinical Uses, Safety, and Dietary Supplements Next Article in Journal …

Effects of artificial light at night on human health: A literature review of observational and experimental studies applied to exposure assessment

YM Cho, SH Ryu, BR Lee, KH Kim, E Lee… - Chronobiology …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
It has frequently been reported that exposure to artificial light at night (ALAN) may cause
negative health effects, such as breast cancer, circadian phase disruption and sleep …

Light pollution, circadian photoreception, and melatonin in vertebrates

M Grubisic, A Haim, P Bhusal, DM Dominoni… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is increasing exponentially worldwide, accelerated by the
transition to new efficient lighting technologies. However, ALAN and resulting light pollution …

The biological impacts of artificial light at night: the research challenge

KJ Gaston, ME Visser, F Hölker - … Transactions of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Daily, lunar and seasonal cycles of natural light have been key forms of environmental
variation across the Earth's surface since the first emergence of life. They have driven the …

The effects of seasons and weather on sleep patterns measured through longitudinal multimodal sensing

SM Mattingly, T Grover, GJ Martinez, T Aledavood… - NPJ digital …, 2021 - nature.com
Previous studies of seasonal effects on sleep have yielded unclear results, likely due to
methodological differences and limitations in data size and/or quality. We measured the …

Outdoor light at night and breast cancer incidence in the Nurses' Health Study II

P James, KA Bertrand, JE Hart… - Environmental …, 2017 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Animal and epidemiologic studies suggest that exposure to light at night (LAN)
may disrupt circadian patterns and decrease nocturnal secretion of melatonin, which may …

Mechanistic, ecological, and evolutionary consequences of artificial light at night for insects: review and prospective

E Desouhant, E Gomes, N Mondy… - Entomologia …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The alternation of light and dark periods on a daily or seasonal time scale is of utmost
importance for the synchronization of physiological and behavioral processes in the …

Nocturnal light pollution and underexposure to daytime sunlight: Complementary mechanisms of circadian disruption and related diseases

MH Smolensky, LL Sackett-Lundeen… - Chronobiology …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Routine exposure to artificial light at night (ALAN) in work, home, and community settings is
linked with increased risk of breast and prostate cancer (BC, PC) in normally sighted women …