Green Light Seems to Relieve Pain, And a New Study in Mice Shows Why

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Green Light Seems to Relieve Pain, And a New Study in Mice Shows Why
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Research suggests there could be a 'simple, safe, and economical' way to relieve pain: green light.

In this part of the brain, these neurons express a hormone involved in pain signaling. These cells then relay the message to another part of the brain called theDifferent animal studies have identifiedentwined in the analgesic effects of green light, such as pain receptors in the spinal cord – which is not surprising given how complex the experience of pain is.

While pain relief in rodents is a far cry from humans, this study succeeds in pinpointing pain circuits in the mammalian brain that respond to visual inputs and expands our understanding of a safe, easy way to possibly quell them. "Although it is unclear whether color perception is comparable between humans and rodents, green light exposure in both humans and rodents reduces pain sensitivity, suggesting the involvement of shared mechanisms between the two species," Tang and colleaguesExposing people to eight hours of light therapy a day, as the researcher did to the mice in this study, is just not practical or feasible, so it would be interesting to see whether shorter bouts of green light therapy are effective...

On that point, there are some encouraging results from other studies. An animal study in rats suggested that pain relief from green light

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