Rhonda Patrick· PhD
It also connects to part of the brain that suppresses or that regulates sleep, so that means many of us know that it's very hard to sleep in a lighted room and that's because of melanopsin because it senses light, and in diurnal organisms like us, it does know there is light, so you're not sleepy, so you stay awake. It also indirectly connects to part of the brain that produces melatonin, and melatonin is the sleep hormone.