Light at night, clocks and health: from humans to wild organisms
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The increasing use of electric lights has modified the natural light environment dramatically, posing novel challenges to both humans and wildlife. Indeed, several biomedical studies have linked artificial light at night to the disruption of circadian rhythms, with important consequences for human health, such as the increasing occurrence of metabolic syndromes, cancer and reduced immunity. In wild animals, light pollution is associated with changes in circadian behaviour, reproduction and predator–prey interactions, but we know little about the underlying physiological mechanisms and whether wild species suffer the same health problems as humans. In order to fill this gap, we advocate the need for integrating ecological studies in the field, with chronobiological approaches to identify and characterize pathways that may link temporal disruption caused by light at night and potential health and fitness consequences.
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- Authors
- Dominoni, D. M., Borniger, J. C., & Nelson, R. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dominoni, Davide M.
- Venue
- Biology Letters
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 2016-02
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 20160015
- ISSN
- 1744-9561 (ISSN-L)
- 1744-957X
- PMC
- PMC4780560
- OpenAlex
- W2287542396
- Cited by
- 204
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 26 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 8
- FWCI
- 14.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Biology Letters (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (acceptedVersion)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- NIH (R01 NS092388, R21 CA191846)
- NSF (IOS-11-18792)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Night-time city culture
- Keywords
- artificial light at night, light pollution, circadian rhythm, circadian rhythm disruption, wildlife health, human health, metabolic syndrome, cancer, immunity, reproduction, predator-prey interactions, chronobiology
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Circadian Rhythm, Ecology, Health Status, Humans, Light, Chronobiology Discipline, Genetic Fitness
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