Jul 2026
Exogenous evening melatonin mitigates the negative impact of night-time light pollution on sleep and metabolism in both sexes of diurnal zebra finches.
Melatonin-treated birds showed a significantly reduced nocturnal sleep frequency and longer sleep bout as well as reduced night-time feeding and body fattening, and restoration of normal hepatic expression of genes associated with glucose and lipid metabolism.
Amaan Buniyaadi, Ashwani Kumar, S. K. Bhardwaj et al.
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