Ohio State University study revealed, sleeping with the lights on can make the uneasy feeling or you will feel restless when you wake up. The lighting in the bedroom can affect brain structure and increase the likelihood of mood disorders as depression.
The study also reveals, the light emitted by television or dim lights at night also have a negative impact on mental health. This is the latest warning about sleep disorders that can lead to health hazards. No exception of mood disorders.
The research team did not deny that sleeping in complete darkness conditions are very difficult to do. However, in order to reduce the bad effects, as mood disorders, try sleeping with a minimum light conditions.
In a study presented at the Society for Neuroscience in the United States, the research team conducted experiments on rodents are given exposure of light for eight hours or more during sleep.
Hamsters are exposed to bright light at night showed higher depressive symptoms, than with hamsters that get dim light exposure. Further tests showed that, there have been a difference in the structure of a brain region is called hippocampus between the two groups of hamsters. Here the role of light in influencing your mood.
"The hippocampus plays an important role in the emergence of mood disorders, so the change would be significant. Even the dim light at night is enough to provoke depressive behavior," said Tracy Bedrosian, one researcher, as quoted by the Daily Mail.
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