Article
In the Eye of the Beholder: Measuring and Standardising Light for Laboratory Mammals
2023-09-26
Abstract excerpt
Light enables vision and exerts widespread effects on physiology and behaviour, including regulating circadian rhythms, sleep, hormone synthesis, affective state, and cognitive processes. Appropriate lighting in animal facilities may support welfare and ensure that animals enter experiments in a controlled physiological and behavioural state. Proper consideration of light during experimentation - both when it is e...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d953e420-ce4a-58dd-ae7f-db53f38eb504
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202309.1766.v1
