Bright light therapy linked to mood improvements and brain connectivity changes

Bright light therapy linked to mood improvements and brain connectivity changes

A new neuroimaging study from China has found that an eight-week course of bright light therapy helped reduce depressive symptoms in individuals with subthreshold depression. The treatment also altered dynamic functional connectivity in several brain regions associated with mood regulation. The study was published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Subthreshold depression refers to the presence of depressive symptoms that are clinically rele…