Circadian rhythms have broad implications for understanding brain and behavior
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Circadian rhythms have broad implications for understanding brain and behavior.
Circadian rhythms are generated by an endogenously organized timing system that drives daily rhythms in behavior, physiology and metabolism. In mammals, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus is the locus of a master circadian clock. The SCN is synchronized to environmental changes in the light:dark cycle by direct, monosynaptic innervation via the retino-hypothalamic tract. In t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0953-816X
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12593