{"id":10849,"date":"2013-06-02T01:12:02","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T01:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brainstreams.ca\/light-therapy-may-improve-sleep-cognition-after-brain-injury\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T09:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T16:16:58","slug":"light-therapy-may-improve-sleep-cognition-after-brain-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/light-therapy-may-improve-sleep-cognition-after-brain-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Therapy May Improve Sleep, Cognition After Brain Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-type-link field-field-link-original-article\">Best known as a treatment for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/psychcentral.com\/library\/seasonal_affective.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seasonal affective\u00a0disorder<\/a>, bright light\u00a0<a title=\"therapy\" href=\"http:\/\/psychcentral.com\/psychotherapy\/\">therapy<\/a>\u00a0may improve\u00a0<a title=\"sleep\" href=\"http:\/\/psychcentral.com\/disorders\/sleep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sleep<\/a>, cognition, emotion and brain function following mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a new study.<\/div>\n<p>The study found that six weeks of morning bright light therapy resulted in a marked decrease in daytime sleepiness.<\/p>\n<p>This improvement was associated with improvements in the propensity to fall asleep and night-time sleep quality, according to the study.<\/p>\n<p>The bright light therapy also affected\u00a0<a title=\"depressive\" href=\"https:\/\/sixtyandme.com\/aging\/recognizing-treating-depression-older-adults\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">depressive<\/a>\u00a0symptoms, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur preliminary data suggests that morning bright light therapy might be helpful to reduce subjective daytime sleepiness and to improve night-time sleep,\u201d said Mareen Weber, Ph.D., an instructor in psychiatry at McLean Hospital\/Harvard Medical School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImportantly, the research also shows changes in brain activation during a demanding cognitive task, suggesting that bright light treatment might yield changes in brain functioning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the study, researchers recruited 18 people with a documented history of at least one mild TBI and sleep problems that either emerged or were aggravated by the most recent injury.<\/p>\n<p>For additonal information on recognizing depression in older adults, click <a href=\"https:\/\/sixtyandme.com\/aging\/recognizing-treating-depression-older-adults\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best known as a treatment for\u00a0seasonal affective\u00a0disorder, bright light\u00a0therapy\u00a0may improve\u00a0sleep, cognition, emotion and brain function following mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a new study. 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