ReviewFrontiers in neuroendocrinology2011
Influence of photoperiod on hormones, behavior, and immune function.
Review in Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers.
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82 citing papers in PubMed, 208 citations in OpenAlex.
- Blue Light Enhances Bacterial Clearance and Reduces Organ Injury During Sepsis.Critical care medicine · 2018Trial
- Effects of photoperiod on gonadal development and neuropeptide Y and NPY1 receptor in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2026Article
- Timed melatonin administration increases territorial but not non-territorial aggression in female Siberian hamsters.Hormones and behavior · 2026Article
- Sexual dimorphism and photoperiodism in cognitive and neuronal ionic changes in scopolamine-induced cognitive impairment.Metabolic brain disease · 2026Article
- Photoperiodic regulation of Wnts in spermatogenesis of Brandt's vole (Lasiopodomys brandtii).Frontiers in zoology · 2026Article
- The cAMP signaling pathway mediates photoperiod-induced follicle development in striped hamsters (Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Light incubation affects embryo development and post-hatch performance in poultry.Poultry science · 2025Review
- A short photoperiod alters brain metabolism and cold resistance in Drosophila melanogaster.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Neopterin as a Tool for Primate Ecoimmunology: Current Knowledge, Practical Application, and New Directions From Captivity to the Wild.American journal of primatology · 2025Review
- Two Species of Long-Day Breeding Hamsters Exhibit Distinct Gut Microbial Responses to Photoperiodic Variations.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Melatonin Treatment at Dry-off Reduces Postpartum Shedding of Coccidia in Primiparous Dairy Cows and Their Calves.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
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- Human immune and metabolic biomarker levels, and stress-biomarker associations, differ by season: Implications for biomedical health research.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2024Article
- The crosstalk between photoperiod and early mild stress on juvenile oscar (Astronotus ocellatus) after acute stress.Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2024Article
- Negative photoperiod induces an increase in the number of ovulations in dairy cattle.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2024Article
- Causal associations between modifiable risk factors and isolated REM sleep behavior disorder: a mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Exploring the mechanisms and impacts of melatonin on fish colouration.Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2023Review
- Standardized ileal digestible tryptophan and lysine affects the eating and sleeping behavior of 15-30 kg barrows.Tropical animal health and production · 2023Article
- A brain circuit and neuronal mechanism for decoding and adapting to change in daylength.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Photoperiodism is the ability of plants and animals to measure environmental day length to ascertain time of year. Central to the evolution of photoperiodism in animals is the adaptive distribution of energetically challenging activities across the year to optimize reproductive fitness while balancing the energetic tradeoffs necessary for seasonally-appropriate survival strategies. The ability to accurately predict future events requires endogenous mechanisms to permit physiological anticipation of annual conditions. Day length provides a virtually noise free environmental signal to monitor and accurately predict time of the year. In mammals, melatonin provides the hormonal signal transducing day length. Duration of pineal melatonin is inversely related to day length and its secretion drives enduring changes in many physiological systems, including the HPA, HPG, and brain-gut axes, the autonomic nervous system, and the immune system. Thus, melatonin is the fulcrum mediating redistribution of energetic investment among physiological processes to maximize fitness and survival.
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