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. 2013 Apr 12;32(1):6. doi: 10.1186/1880-6805-32-6

Table 5.

The manner of arousing and mitigating effects on autonomic functions

  5000 K light Red light Blue light
Summer
 ⬇ Inline graphic
 ➞
 ➞
Winter ⬆ ⬇ Inline graphic ⬇Inline graphic

An arrow ➞ indicates no effect on autonomic functions against cold stress, whereas arrows ⬇ and ⬆ indicate an arousing and a mitigating effect on autonomic functions against cold stress, respectively. On the other hand, arrows Inline graphic and Inline graphic indicate a mitigating effect on autonomic functions against heat stress. The latter arrow indicates a greater mitigating effect on autonomic functions against heat stress.