Preliminary evidence that both blue and red light can induce alertness at night

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A variety of studies have demonstrated that retinal light exposure can increase alertness at night. It is now well accepted that the circadian system is maximally sensitive to short-wavelength (blue) light and is quite insensitive to...

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Main Authors: Plitnick Barbara, Bierman Andrew, Figueiro Mariana G, Rea Mark S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-08-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/10/105