The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal

KJ Gaston, J Bennie, TW Davies… - Biological reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution have been a longstanding source of
concern, accentuated by realized and projected growth in electrical lighting. As human …

[HTML][HTML] The still dark side of the moon: molecular mechanisms of lunar-controlled rhythms and clocks

G Andreatta, K Tessmar-Raible - Journal of molecular biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Starting with the beginning of the last century, a multitude of scientific studies has
documented that the lunar cycle times behaviors and physiology in many organisms. It is …

Outdoor light at night (LAN) is correlated with eveningness in adolescents

C Vollmer, U Michel, C Randler - Chronobiology international, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
External zeitgebers synchronize the human circadian rhythm of sleep and wakefulness.
Humans adapt their chronotype to the day-night cycle, the strongest external zeitgeber. The …

Nighttime dim light exposure alters the responses of the circadian system

D Shuboni, L Yan - Neuroscience, 2010 - Elsevier
The daily light dark cycle is the most salient entraining factor for the circadian system.
However, in modern society, darkness at night is vanishing as light pollution steadily …

Environmental disruption of reproductive rhythms

MA Moralia, C Quignon, M Simonneaux… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reproduction is a key biological function requiring a precise synchronization with annual
and daily cues to cope with environmental fluctuations. Therefore, humans and animals …

The role of the circadian clock in animal models of mood disorders.

D Landgraf, MJ McCarthy, DK Welsh - Behavioral neuroscience, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
An association between circadian clock function and mood regulation is well established
and has been proposed as a factor in the development of mood disorders. Patients with …

Naturalistic intensities of light at night: A review of the potent effects of very dim light on circadian responses and considerations for translational research

TJ Walbeek, EM Harrison, MR Gorman… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In this review, we discuss the remarkable potency and potential applications of a form of light
that is often overlooked in a circadian context: naturalistic levels of dim light at night (nLAN) …

Dim light at night and constant darkness: two frequently used lighting conditions that jeopardize the health and well-being of laboratory rodents

MMC González - Frontiers in neurology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The influence of light on mammalian physiology and behavior is due to the entrainment of
circadian rhythms complemented with a direct modulation of light that would be unlikely an …

Dim light at night does not disrupt timing or quality of sleep in mice

JC Borniger, ZM Weil, N Zhang… - Chronobiology …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Artificial nighttime illumination has recently become commonplace throughout the world;
however, in common with other animals, humans have not evolved in the ecological context …

New approaches to the analysis and interpretation of the shape of cyclic signals

LS Fainzilberg - Cybernetics and systems analysis, 2020 - Springer
New methods for retrieving localized diagnostic information from cyclic signals of complex
shape are proposed. The advantages of an alternative method of estimating the shape of an …