Coordination between Differentially Regulated Circadian Clocks Generates Rhythmic Behavior.

@article{Top2018CoordinationBD,
  title={Coordination between Differentially Regulated Circadian Clocks Generates Rhythmic Behavior.},
  author={Deniz Top and Michael W. Young},
  journal={Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology},
  year={2018},
  volume={10 7}
}
  • Deniz Top, M. W. Young
  • Published 1 July 2018
  • Biology, Psychology
  • Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology
Specialized groups of neurons in the brain are key mediators of circadian rhythms, receiving daily environmental cues and communicating those signals to other tissues in the organism for entrainment and to organize circadian physiology. In Drosophila, the "circadian clock" is housed in seven neuronal clusters, which are defined by their expression of the main circadian proteins, Period, Timeless, Clock, and Cycle. These clusters are distributed across the fly brain and are thereby subject to… 
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