ReviewJournal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS2023
Vivarium Lighting as an Important Extrinsic Factor Influencing Animal-based Research.
Review in Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Daytime lighting conditions alter home-cage behavior across both sexes in diurnal grass rats.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Red Light Sensitivity of Non-image and Image Forming Visual Systems of Laboratory Rodents: Circadian Disruption and Behavioral Detection.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Yellow light improves milk quality, antioxidant capacity, immunity, and reproductive ability in dairy cows by elevating endogenous melatonin.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Think Beyond the Room: Measuring Relative Humidity in the Home Cage and Its Impact on Reproduction in Laboratory Mice,Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- The ARRIVE 2.0 Guidelines: Importance and Full Adoption by AALAS Journals.Comparative medicine · 2024Article
- The ARRIVE 2.0 Guidelines: Importance and Full Adoption by AALAS Journals.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2024Article
- Analysis of current methods and Welfare concerns in the transport of 118 horses by commercial air cargo companies.BMC veterinary research · 2024Article
- The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2024Review
- Low-cost, open-source device for simultaneously subjecting rodents to different circadian cycles of light, food, and temperature.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- A Review of the Effects of Some Extrinsic Factors on Mice Used in Research.Comparative medicine · 2023Review
- Scientific and technical assistance on welfare aspects related to housing and health of cats and dogs in commercial breeding establishments.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Light is an extrinsic factor that exerts widespread influence on the regulation of circadian, physiologic, hormonal, metabolic, and behavioral systems of all animals, including those used in research. These wide-ranging biologic effects of light are mediated by distinct photoreceptors, the melanopsin-containing intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells of the nonvisual system, which interact with the rods and cones of the conventional visual system. Here, we review the nature of light and circadian rhythms, current industry practices and standards, and our present understanding of the neurophysiology of the visual and nonvisual systems. We also consider the implications of this extrinsic factor for vivarium measurement, production, and technological application of light, and provide simple recommendations on artificial lighting for use by regulatory authorities, lighting manufacturers, designers, engineers, researchers, and research animal care staff that ensure best practices for optimizing animal health and wellbeing and, ultimately, improving scientific outcomes.
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