Effects of bright light therapy on neuroinflammatory and neuroplasticity markers in a diurnal rodent model of Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Allison CostelloKatrina Linning-DuffyCarleigh VandenbrookJoseph S LonsteinLily YanPublished in: Annals of medicine (2023)
These results indicate that the therapeutic effects of BLT on sleep, mood, and cognition may be attributed in part to mechanisms involving neuroinflammation and neuroplasticity in corticolimbic brain regions. Moreover, these effects appear to vary between sexes.