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*Exposure to blue light frequencies mainly between 460 and 480nm<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11487664 | Action spectrum for melatonin regulation in humans: evidence for a novel circadian photoreceptor.</ref> trigger [[melanopsin]] cells in the eyes to send a signal to the suprachiasmatic nucleus<ref>http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v12/n10/fig_tab/nrn3086_F2.html | How light regulates the molecular clockwork in SCN neurons.</ref> which sends [[GABA]] to the [[pineal gland]], inhibiting it from releasing melatonin thereby causing levels to decline.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241849993_GABA_release_from_SCN_terminals_is_necessary_for_the_light-induced_inhibition_of_nocturnal_melatonin_release_in_the_rat | GABA release from SCN terminals is necessary for the light-induced inhibition of nocturnal melatonin release in the rat</ref> | *Exposure to blue light frequencies mainly between 460 and 480nm<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11487664 | Action spectrum for melatonin regulation in humans: evidence for a novel circadian photoreceptor.</ref> trigger [[melanopsin]] cells in the eyes to send a signal to the suprachiasmatic nucleus<ref>http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v12/n10/fig_tab/nrn3086_F2.html | How light regulates the molecular clockwork in SCN neurons.</ref> which sends [[GABA]] to the [[pineal gland]], inhibiting it from releasing melatonin thereby causing levels to decline.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241849993_GABA_release_from_SCN_terminals_is_necessary_for_the_light-induced_inhibition_of_nocturnal_melatonin_release_in_the_rat | GABA release from SCN terminals is necessary for the light-induced inhibition of nocturnal melatonin release in the rat</ref> | ||
*Ghrelin has built up since the food eaten before sleep has been digested and the stomach is empty, this | *Ghrelin has built up since the food eaten before sleep has been digested and the stomach is empty, this cause hunger by inducing the release of the hormone orexin and thereby pushing one to eat.<ref> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/51738 | ghrelin and obestatin prepropeptide [ Homo sapiens (human) ]</ref> | ||
*ATP from the food is metabolized into adenosine which begins to accumulate around the adenosine receptors.<ref>http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/a/a_11/a_11_m/a_11_m_cyc/a_11_m_cyc.html | MOLECULES THAT BUILD UP AND MAKE YOU SLEEP</ref> | *ATP from the food is metabolized into adenosine which begins to accumulate around the adenosine receptors.<ref>http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/a/a_11/a_11_m/a_11_m_cyc/a_11_m_cyc.html | MOLECULES THAT BUILD UP AND MAKE YOU SLEEP</ref> | ||