Posted on 12/09/2022 3:54:39 PM PST by ConservativeMind
A team of researchers has traced neural activity from the eyes to the brain in mice to find out why green light helps to reduce pain. In their paper, the group describes studying each part of the visual neural system in mice, from the back of the eyes to the brain, to learn more about how light can impact sensations in the brain.
Prior research and anecdotal evidence have suggested that green light, particularly green light generated by LEDs, can reduce pain levels in people with conditions such as arthritis, migraines and fibromyalgia—but the reasons have remained a mystery. In this new effort, the researchers sought to find the answer.
The researchers studied all of the parts of the visual processing system in mice that are involved in receiving and processing light. They began with the rods and cones photoreceptors on the outer part of the retina and retinal ganglion cells (ipRGC) in the inner part of the retina. By disabling each at different times and then testing how they led to changes in pain experience, the researchers found that the neural pathway to pain relief began with the photoreceptors.
The team then moved on to retinal ganglion cells, which receive signals from the photoreceptors. They used genetic silencing to learn more about which of the cells was responsible for communicating with the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus in the thalamus.
Next, the team monitored such signaling as different colors of light were directed into the eyes of the mice and found that green light resulted in more GABA signaling, which resulted in more expression by the Penk gene which encodes for a protein called PENK. And PENK is a precursor for a molecule called ENK, which activates opioid receptors in the brain. And that leads to the dulling of pain.
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Green Lantern was always my favorite superhero
low dose naltrexone..which does help my pain..supposedly inhibits the opioid receptors. I still might try green light to see what happens even though it does the opposite.
Green stuff is food for many critters.
Comforting!
Feel serene with green!
I’m taking hydrocodone for a T-4 complete spinal cord injury.
It helps but even after 42 years the injury site is hypersensitive.
I will have to look for green light bulbs next time I’m at Lowe’s. Any help in reducing the pain level would be appreciated.
When I’m driving in the city, green lights make me happier than red lights.
Just not soylent green please!
So now the DEA will schedule green light, because it makes you feel good, and we can’t have that!
I take LDN also, but not for pain. Along with bupropion for idiopathic fatigue relief. A little too early to tell if it’s working, but I think it is. Expected to first reduce (for a couple hours), then increase natural endorphins. Do you take 4.5 mg dose also?
Lowe’s:
https://www.lowes.com/search?searchTerm=green+rope+lights
https://www.lowes.com/search?searchTerm=green+lights
Thanks. I saw this on AmazonSmiles (it’s Amazon, but each purchase includes a small donation to the charity of my choice) ( www.kpva.org ).
i take pieces of a 50 mg trying to get them under 5 mg. fatigue is part of my problem so yeah it helps with that.
But I dont take them every day for fear of liver issues. I may try every day once I have my liver tested to make sure not causing a problem. Its really the 50 mg that has known liver damage.
I saw this one up-thread, for $200, and thought there’s got to be a cheaper on.
https://allaylamp.com/products/the-allay-lamp
I get my LDN from a U.S. dispensary online.
Actually distributed as 1.5 mg so 3/day.
Some people take only the 1.5 or 3.0 / day.
Cost about $1 / day for the 4.5 mg
I would be surprised at any anti-fatigue effect unless combined with bupropion.
When combined, should have some appetite-suppressing effect as well.
The one I posted is $69.99
my 15 50 mg of pills was less than $7.
It is prescribed for weight loss along with another drug. Maybe the one you mentioned. I do think it helps with weigh loss.
Fatigue is part of fibromyalgia and that is what a lot of people use it for.
Even 1 or 2 mg seems to make a difference in side effects to some people so I wouldn’t personally try to split 50s. I do split lots of other tablets, tho.
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