Publication Cover
Chronobiology International
The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research
Volume 29, 2012 - Issue 1
421
Views
35
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Dim Light at Night Increases Immune Function in Nile Grass Rats, a Diurnal Rodent

, &
Pages 26-34 | Received 02 Sep 2011, Accepted 15 Oct 2011, Published online: 04 Jan 2012

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (2)

Marissa J. Maroni, Kimberly M. Capri, Alexis V. Cushman, Isabella K. Monteiro De Pina, Madison H. Chasse & Joseph A. Seggio. (2018) Constant light alters serum hormone levels related to thyroid function in male CD-1 mice. Chronobiology International 35:10, pages 1456-1463.
Read now
Lenka Polidarová, Pavel Houdek & Alena Sumová. (2017) Chronic disruptions of circadian sleep regulation induce specific proinflammatory responses in the rat colon. Chronobiology International 34:9, pages 1273-1287.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (33)

A. Viljoen & M. K. Oosthuizen. (2023) Dim light at night affects the locomotor activity of nocturnal African pygmy mice ( Mus minutoides ) in an intensity-dependent manner . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290:1997.
Crossref
Viera Jerigova, Michal Zeman & Monika Okuliarova. (2022) Circadian Disruption and Consequences on Innate Immunity and Inflammatory Response. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23:22, pages 13722.
Crossref
Qingyun Guan, Zixu Wang, Jing Cao, Yulan Dong & Yaoxing Chen. (2022) The role of light pollution in mammalian metabolic homeostasis and its potential interventions: A critical review. Environmental Pollution 312, pages 120045.
Crossref
Jennifer A. Liu, O. Hecmarie Meléndez-Fernández, Jacob R. Bumgarner & Randy J. Nelson. (2022) Effects of light pollution on photoperiod-driven seasonality. Hormones and Behavior 141, pages 105150.
Crossref
William H. WalkerIIII, Jacob R. Bumgarner, Darius D. Becker-Krail, Laura E. May, Jennifer A. Liu & Randy J. Nelson. (2021) Light at night disrupts biological clocks, calendars, and immune function. Seminars in Immunopathology 44:2, pages 165-173.
Crossref
Jean Secondi, Nathalie Mondy, Jérôme Marcel Walter Gippet, Morgane Touzot, Vanessa Gardette, Ludovic Guillard & Thierry Lengagne. (2021) Artificial light at night alters activity, body mass, and corticosterone level in a tropical anuran. Behavioral Ecology 32:5, pages 932-940.
Crossref
Jacob R Bumgarner & Randy J Nelson. (2021) Light at Night and Disrupted Circadian Rhythms Alter Physiology and Behavior. Integrative and Comparative Biology 61:3, pages 1160-1169.
Crossref
Jorge Mendoza. (2021) Nighttime Light Hurts Mammalian Physiology: What Diurnal Rodent Models Are Telling Us. Clocks & Sleep 3:2, pages 236-250.
Crossref
Dirk Sanders, Enric Frago, Rachel Kehoe, Christophe Patterson & Kevin J. Gaston. (2020) A meta-analysis of biological impacts of artificial light at night. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5:1, pages 74-81.
Crossref
Daniela M. Verra, Benjamin S. Sajdak, Dana K. Merriman & David Hicks. (2020) Diurnal rodents as pertinent animal models of human retinal physiology and pathology. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research 74, pages 100776.
Crossref
John E. Griepentrog, Xianghong Zhang, Anthony J. Lewis, Gianmarino Gianfrate, Hanna E. Labiner, Baobo Zou, Zeyu Xiong, Janet S. Lee & Matthew R. Rosengart. (2020) Frontline Science: Rev-Erbα links blue light with enhanced bacterial clearance and improved survival in murine Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia . Journal of Leukocyte Biology 107:1, pages 11-25.
Crossref
Ila Mishra, Reinhard M. Knerr, Alexander A. Stewart, Wesley I. Payette, Melanie M. Richter & Noah T. Ashley. (2019) Light at night disrupts diel patterns of cytokine gene expression and endocrine profiles in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Scientific Reports 9:1.
Crossref
Laura K. Fonken, Tracy A. Bedrosian, Ning Zhang, Zachary M. Weil, A. Courtney DeVries & Randy J. Nelson. (2019) Dim light at night impairs recovery from global cerebral ischemia. Experimental Neurology 317, pages 100-109.
Crossref
Nurcicek Padem & Anna Fishbein. 2019. Allergy and Sleep. Allergy and Sleep 43 58 .
Valentina J. Alaasam, Richard Duncan, Stefania Casagrande, Scott Davies, Abhijaat Sidher, Brett Seymoure, Yantao Shen, Yong Zhang & Jenny Q. Ouyang. (2018) Light at night disrupts nocturnal rest and elevates glucocorticoids at cool color temperatures. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology 329:8-9, pages 465-472.
Crossref
Julia Hoffmann, Rupert Palme & Jana Anja Eccard. (2018) Long-term dim light during nighttime changes activity patterns and space use in experimental small mammal populations. Environmental Pollution 238, pages 844-851.
Crossref
Michael Cleary-Gaffney & Andrew N. Coogan. (2018) Limited evidence for affective and diurnal rhythm responses to dim light-at-night in male and female C57Bl/6 mice. Physiology & Behavior 189, pages 78-85.
Crossref
Xiaotao Li & Xiang Li. (2018) The Antidepressant Effect of Light Therapy from Retinal Projections. Neuroscience Bulletin 34:2, pages 359-368.
Crossref
Natalí N. Guerrero-Vargas, Raful Navarro-Espíndola, Mara A. Guzmán-Ruíz, María del Carmen Basualdo, Estefania Espitia-Bautista, Ana López-Bago, Ricardo Lascurain, Cinthya Córdoba-Manilla, Ruud M. Buijs & Carolina Escobar. (2017) Circadian disruption promotes tumor growth by anabolic host metabolism; experimental evidence in a rat model. BMC Cancer 17:1.
Crossref
Jean Secondi, Valentin Dupont, Aurélie Davranche, Nathalie Mondy, Thierry Lengagne & Marc Théry. (2017) Variability of surface and underwater nocturnal spectral irradiance with the presence of clouds in urban and peri-urban wetlands. PLOS ONE 12:11, pages e0186808.
Crossref
Tracy A. Bedrosian, Laura K. Fonken & Randy J. Nelson. (2016) Endocrine Effects of Circadian Disruption. Annual Review of Physiology 78:1, pages 109-131.
Crossref
Anja Russ, Susanne Reitemeier, Anne Weissmann, Jutta Gottschalk, Almuth Einspanier & Reinhard Klenke. (2015) Seasonal and urban effects on the endocrinology of a wild passerine. Ecology and Evolution 5:23, pages 5698-5710.
Crossref
Joanna Durrant, Ellie B. Michaelides, Thusitha Rupasinghe, Dedreia Tull, Mark P. Green & Therésa M. Jones. (2015) Constant illumination reduces circulating melatonin and impairs immune function in the cricket Teleogryllus commodus . PeerJ 3, pages e1075.
Crossref
Derrick J. Phillips, Marina I. Savenkova & Ilia N. Karatsoreos. (2015) Environmental disruption of the circadian clock leads to altered sleep and immune responses in mouse. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 47, pages 14-23.
Crossref
Therésa M. Jones, Joanna Durrant, Ellie B. Michaelides & Mark P. Green. (2015) Melatonin: a possible link between the presence of artificial light at night and reductions in biological fitness. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 370:1667, pages 20140122.
Crossref
Laura K. Fonken & Randy J. Nelson. (2014) The Effects of Light at Night on Circadian Clocks and Metabolism. Endocrine Reviews 35:4, pages 648-670.
Crossref
Laura K. Fonken, Zachary M. Weil & Randy J. Nelson. (2013) Mice exposed to dim light at night exaggerate inflammatory responses to lipopolysaccharide. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 34, pages 159-163.
Crossref
Laura K. Fonken, Rebecca A. Lieberman, Zachary M. Weil & Randy J. Nelson. (2013) Dim Light at Night Exaggerates Weight Gain and Inflammation Associated With a High-Fat Diet in Male Mice. Endocrinology 154:10, pages 3817-3825.
Crossref
T A Bedrosian, Z M Weil & R J Nelson. (2012) Chronic dim light at night provokes reversible depression-like phenotype: possible role for TNF. Molecular Psychiatry 18:8, pages 930-936.
Crossref
Laura K. Fonken & Randy J. Nelson. (2013) Dim light at night increases depressive-like responses in male C3H/HeNHsd mice. Behavioural Brain Research 243, pages 74-78.
Crossref
Amir Reza Hajrasouliha & Henry J. Kaplan. (2012) Light and ocular immunity. Current Opinion in Allergy & Clinical Immunology 12:5, pages 504-509.
Crossref
Laura K. Fonken, Emily Kitsmiller, Laura Smale & Randy J. Nelson. (2012) Dim Nighttime Light Impairs Cognition and Provokes Depressive-Like Responses in a Diurnal Rodent. Journal of Biological Rhythms 27:4, pages 319-327.
Crossref
Arlin Viljoen & Maria Oosthuizen. (2022) Dim Light at Night Affects the Locomotor Activity of Nocturnal African Pygmy Mice (Mus Minutoides) in an Intensity Dependent Manner. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.