Hormonally mediated effects of artificial light at night on behavior and fitness: linking endocrine mechanisms with function

Why artificial light at night should be a focus for global change research in the 21st century

(2017) Thomas W. Davies et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

What type of rigorous experiments are needed to investigate the impact of artificial light at night on individuals and populations?

(2017) Jenny Qianni Ouyang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Restless roosts: Light pollution affects behavior, sleep, and physiology in a free-living songbird

(2017) Jenny Q. Ouyang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Singing from North to South: Latitudinal variation in timing of dawn singing under natural and artificial light conditions

(2017) Arnaud Da Silva et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Effects of smartphone use with and without blue light at night in healthy adults: A randomized, double-blind, cross-over, placebo-controlled comparison

(2017) Jung-Yoon Heo et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH

Artificial light at night as a new threat to pollination

(2017) Eva Knop et al.   NATURE

Artificially lit surface of Earth at night increasing in radiance and extent

(2017) Christopher C. M. Kyba et al.   Science Advances

Light at night, clocks and health: from humans to wild organisms

(2016) Davide M. Dominoni et al.   Biology Letters

Early life exposure to artificial light at night affects the physiological condition: An experimental study on the ecophysiology of free-living nestling songbirds

(2016) Thomas Raap et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Comparative analysis reveals the underlying mechanism of vertebrate seasonal reproduction

(2016) Keisuke Ikegami et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Dose-dependent responses of avian daily rhythms to artificial light at night

(2016) Maaike de Jong et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Impact of different colours of artificial light at night on melatonin rhythm and gene expression of gonadotropins in European perch

(2016) Anika Brüning et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness

(2016) F. Falchi et al.   Science Advances

Circadian disruption induced by light-at-night accelerates aging and promotes tumorigenesis in young but not in old rats

(2016) Irina A. Vinogradova et al.   Aging-US

Stressful colours: corticosterone concentrations in a free-living songbird vary with the spectral composition of experimental illumination

(2015) Jenny Q. Ouyang et al.   Biology Letters

Annual gonadal cycles in birds: Modeling the effects of photoperiod on seasonal changes in GnRH-1 secretion

(2015) Alistair Dawson   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Endocrine mechanisms, behavioral phenotypes and plasticity: known relationships and open questions

(2015) Michaela Hau et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Avian photoreceptors and their role in the regulation of daily and seasonal physiology

(2015) Surbhi et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Effects of light pollution on seasonal estrus and daily rhythms in a nocturnal primate

(2015) Thomas LeTallec et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

The biological impacts of artificial light at night: the research challenge

(2015) K. J. Gaston et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Effects of nocturnal illumination on life-history decisions and fitness in two wild songbird species

(2015) M. de Jong et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Electric light, particularly at night, disrupts human circadian rhythmicity: is that a problem?

(2015) R. G. Stevens et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Social cues are unlikely to be the single cause for early reproduction in urban European blackbirds (Turdus merula)

(2015) Davide M. Dominoni et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Artificial light at night desynchronizes strictly seasonal reproduction in a wild mammal

(2015) Kylie A. Robert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and ecosystems

(2015) T. J. Stevenson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Spotlight on fish: Light pollution affects circadian rhythms of European perch but does not cause stress

(2015) Anika Brüning et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A framework to assess evolutionary responses to anthropogenic light and sound

(2015) John P. Swaddle et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Light pollution disrupts sleep in free-living animals

(2015) Thomas Raap et al.   Scientific Reports

The Relationship Between Obesity and Exposure to Light at Night: Cross-Sectional Analyses of Over 100,000 Women in the Breakthrough Generations Study

(2014) E. McFadden et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Circadian and Melatonin Disruption by Exposure to Light at Night Drives Intrinsic Resistance to Tamoxifen Therapy in Breast Cancer

(2014) R. T. Dauchy et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Constant light suppresses production of Met-enkephalin-containing peptides in cultured splenic macrophages and impairs primary immune response in rats

(2014) Marcela Valdés-Tovar et al.   CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

At the crossroads of physiology and ecology: Food supply and the timing of avian reproduction

(2014) Scott Davies et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Thyroid Hormone Regulation of Metabolism

(2014) Rashmi Mullur et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Melatonin: Exceeding Expectations

(2014) Russel J. Reiter et al.   PHYSIOLOGY

Exploring avian deep-brain photoreceptors and their role in activating the neuroendocrine regulation of gonadal development

(2014) Wayne J. Kuenzel et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Avian circadian organization: A chorus of clocks

(2013) Vincent M. Cassone   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Dispersal and gene flow in free-living marine nematodes

(2013) Sofie Derycke et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Dim light at night disrupts the short-day response in Siberian hamsters

(2013) Tomoko Ikeno et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Individual-based measurements of light intensity provide new insights into the effects of artificial light at night on daily rhythms of urban-dwelling songbirds

(2013) Davide M. Dominoni et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The effects of low levels of light at night upon the endocrine physiology of western scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica)

(2013) Stephan J. Schoech et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Light at Night Alters Daily Patterns of Cortisol and Clock Proteins in Female Siberian Hamsters

(2013) T. A. Bedrosian et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Quantifying light pollution

(2013) P. Cinzano et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

Mapping Lightscapes: Spatial Patterning of Artificial Lighting in an Urban Landscape

(2013) James D. Hale et al.   PLoS One

Evaluating Potential Spectral Impacts of Various Artificial Lights on Melatonin Suppression, Photosynthesis, and Star Visibility

(2013) Martin Aubé et al.   PLoS One

Long-Term Effects of Chronic Light Pollution on Seasonal Functions of European Blackbirds (Turdus merula)

(2013) Davide M. Dominoni et al.   PLoS One

Effects of insufficient sleep on circadian rhythmicity and expression amplitude of the human blood transcriptome

(2013) C. S. Moller-Levet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Artificial light at night advances avian reproductive physiology

(2013) D. Dominoni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Individual variation in avian reproductive physiology does not reliably predict variation in laying date

(2012) Sonja V. Schaper et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

REVIEW: Reducing the ecological consequences of night-time light pollution: options and developments

(2012) Kevin J. Gaston et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Urbanization diversifies land surface phenology in arid environments: Interactions among vegetation, climatic variation, and land use pattern in the Phoenix metropolitan region, USA

(2012) Alexander Buyantuyev et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

A Single Long Day Triggers Follicle Growth in Captive Female Great Tits (Parus major) in Winter but Does Not Affect Laying Dates in the Wild in Spring

(2012) Luc te Marvelde et al.   PLoS One

Adverse Metabolic Consequences in Humans of Prolonged Sleep Restriction Combined with Circadian Disruption

(2012) O. M. Buxton et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Vertebrate ancient opsin photopigment spectra and the avian photoperiodic response

(2011) W. I. L. Davies et al.   Biology Letters

Chronic exposure to dim light at night suppresses immune responses in Siberian hamsters

(2011) T. A. Bedrosian et al.   Biology Letters

Photoperiodism: Shall EYA Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?

(2011) Roelof A. Hut   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Local control of thyroid hormone action: role of type 2 deiodinase

(2011) Graham R Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Spectral and duration sensitivity to light-at-night in 'blind' and sighted rodent species

(2011) A. E. Zubidat et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Effect of artificial night lighting on temporally partitioned spiny mice

(2011) Shay Rotics et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Fishing in the Dark: A Pursuit-Diving Seabird Modifies Foraging Behaviour in Response to Nocturnal Light Levels

(2011) Paul M. Regular et al.   PLoS One

Neuroendocrine mechanism of seasonal reproduction in birds and mammals

(2010) Takashi YOSHIMURA   ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

Artificial Night Lighting Affects Dawn Song, Extra-Pair Siring Success, and Lay Date in Songbirds

(2010) Bart Kempenaers et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Light at night increases body mass by shifting the time of food intake

(2010) L. K. Fonken et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A mammalian neural tissue opsin (Opsin 5) is a deep brain photoreceptor in birds

(2010) Y. Nakane et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Light pollution as a biodiversity threat

(2010) Franz Hölker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Effects of artificial illumination on the nocturnal foraging of waders

(2009) Carlos D. Santos et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

VA Opsin-Based Photoreceptors in the Hypothalamus of Birds

(2009) Stephanie Halford et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Differential light intensity and spectral sensitivities of Atlantic salmon, European sea bass and Atlantic cod pineal glands ex vivo

(2009) L.M. Vera et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

The reactive scope model — A new model integrating homeostasis, allostasis, and stress

(2009) L. Michael Romero et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Lab and field experiments: Are they the same animal?

(2009) Rebecca M. Calisi et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Light-at-night, circadian disruption and breast cancer: assessment of existing evidence

(2009) R. G Stevens   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

The evolution of irradiance detection: melanopsin and the non-visual opsins

(2009) S. N. Peirson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Remote sensing of the urban heat island effect across biomes in the continental USA

(2009) Marc L. Imhoff et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

New Insights into Ancient Seasonal Life Timers

(2008) David Hazlerigg et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The origins of the vertebrate hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal (HPG) and hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid (HPT) endocrine systems: New insights from lampreys

(2008) Stacia A. Sower et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Thyrotrophin in the pars tuberalis triggers photoperiodic response

(2008) Nobuhiro Nakao et al.   NATURE

Psychological effects of polar expeditions

(2007) Lawrence A Palinkas et al.   LANCET

Avian circannual clocks: adaptive significance and possible involvement of energy turnover in their proximate control

(2007) M. Wikelski et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES