Clinical determinants associated with quality of life for people who live with HIV/AIDS: a Meta-analysis

H Ghiasvand, KM Waye, M Noroozi… - BMC health services …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background During recent years, Quality of Life (QoL) is a significant assessment
factor in clinical trials and epidemiological researches due to the advent of Antiretroviral …

Opposite influence of light and blindness on pituitary–gonadal function

A Bellastella, A De Bellis, G Bellastella… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Some environmental factors may influence the pituitary–gonadal function. Among these,
light plays an important role in animals and in humans. The effect of light on the endocrine …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of long-term light, darkness and oral administration of melatonin on serum levels of melatonin

N Farhadi, M Gharghani, Z Farhadi - Biomedical journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Continuous light or darkness has various effects on different systems. In the
present research work, the effects of constant light and darkness exposure of male rats and …

Constant light alters serum hormone levels related to thyroid function in male CD-1 mice

MJ Maroni, KM Capri, AV Cushman… - Chronobiology …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Disruptions to the circadian rhythm can lead to altered metabolism. Modification of thyroid
function may be a reason why circadian misalignment may contribute to future metabolic …

Early menarche in visually impaired girls: evidence and hypothesis of light-dark cycle disruption and blindness effect on puberty onset

JA Barrero, I Mockus - Chronobiology International, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Puberty onset is tightly regulated by a broad spectrum of neuroendocrine signals and
peripheral stimuli which coordinate the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis …

Effects of long-term exposure to light or darkness and return to normal light-dark cycle on serum melatonin levels in rats

CO Cervino, JC Pagella… - Melatonin Research, 2023 - melaonin-research.com
Increasing evidence suggests that the presence of constant light or darkness have diverse
effects on circadian physiology. The aim of this study is to explore serum levels of melatonin …

Can constant light exposure affect the thyroid gland in prepubertal male albino rats? Histological and ultrastructural study

FAA Gawad, EAA El-Shaarawy… - Folia …, 2019 - journals.viamedica.pl
Background: Through scientific literature, there is evidence that light affects thyroid function
in human, mice and rabbits. Constant light and sleep deprivation is also used as a form of …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of treatment with dexamethasone on thyroid function in lactating female rats

M Dawood, J Alkalby - Basrah Journal of Veterinary …, 2020 - faculty.uobasrah.edu.iq
The present study is designed to evaluate the effect of dexamethasone treatment on thyroid
gland function in lactating female rats. Thirty six lactating female rats of (250±20gm) body …

Effects of constant darkness on behaviour and physiology of male and female mice

D Singh, S Pandey, A Ghosh… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A healthy state of life suggests not only a disease‐free condition but also normal
psychological functioning and behaviour. To maintain a healthy life, the duration of light …

Effects of Extreme Light Cycle and Density on Melatonin, Appetite, and Energy Metabolism of the Soft-Shelled Turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)

Z Tang, S Liu, C Niu - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Light is an important factor that affects a variety of physiological functions
of animals. Melatonin is known as the hormonal mediator of photoperiodic information to the …