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ArticleBiology letters2024

The effects of artificial light at night on spider brains.

Nikolas J Willmott, Jay R Black, Kathryn B McNamara, Bob B M Wong, Therésa M Jones

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Article in Biology letters, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Nikolas J WillmottSchool of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne , Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6757-5659
Jay R BlackSchool of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne , Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Kathryn B McNamaraSchool of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne , Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6072-3807
Bob B M WongSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University , Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9352-6500
Therésa M JonesSchool of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne , Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5300-0018

Funding

David Lachlan Hay Memorial FundEnvironmental Microbiology Research InitiativeHolsworth Wildlife Research Endowment
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is an increasingly pervasive pollutant that alters animal behaviour and physiology, with cascading impacts on development and survival. Recent evidence links exposure to ALAN with neural damage, potentially due to its action on melatonin synthesis, a powerful antioxidant. However, these data are scarce and taxonomically limited. Here, we used micro-CT to test the effects of short-term ALAN exposure on brain volumes in the Australian garden orb-weaving spider (

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BrainLightSpidersAnimalsFemaleLightingX-Ray Microtomographyanthropogenic lightaraneidaeneuroanatomyplasticitypollutionurban

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PMID39226923
PMCPMC11371435

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