Light at night causes changes in brain linked to depression

Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 13:23 in Psychology & Sociology

Exposure to even dim light at night is enough to cause physical changes in the brains of hamsters that may be associated with depression, a new study shows. Researchers found that female Siberian hamsters exposed to dim light every night for eight weeks showed significant changes in a part of the brain called the hippocampus.

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