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Treating insomnia with 40 Hz light flicker

P. Lorenzo Bozzelli^1,2 , Li-Huei Tsai^1,2,3,*

¹Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
²Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
³Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
* Correspondence: Li-Huei Tsai(lhtsai@mit.edu)

A new study published in Cell Research reports that 40 Hz light flicker induces a somnogenic effect mediated by adenosine-ENT2 signaling. Remarkably, 40 Hz light flicker was shown to improve the sleep quality of children with insomnia, offering a potential non-pharmacological therapeutic approach for the treatment of sleep disorders.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-024-00948-x

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