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Daytime light exposure dynamically enhances brain responses
September 13th, 2006
By exposing subjects to light and imaging their brains while they subsequently perform a cognitive test, researchers have begun to identify brain regions involved in the effects on brain function of daytime light exposure. The findings are reported by Gilles Vandewalle and Pierre Maquet of the University of Liège, Derk-Jan Dijk of the University of Surrey, and additional colleagues and appear in a recent issue of the journal Current Biology, published by Cell Press. The brain does not use light only to form images of the world. Ambient light levels are detected by our nervous system and, without forming any image, profoundly influence our...
Source: Telemedicine Business Week (2006-09-13)
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