Friday, 10 June 2016

Blue & green lights have opposite effects on mouse sleepiness by delaying or inducing sleep

Blue & green lights have opposite effects on mouse sleepiness by delaying or inducing sleep

Light can produce either sleep or arousal in mice. A new study shows that these opposing effects depend upon the wavelength of light (blue, green, violet etc.) and appear to involve separate pathways, both controlled by the photopigment, melanopsin.

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