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Retinohypothalamic tract

Known as: Tractus retinohypothalamicus 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2010
Review
2010
The mammalian circadian timing system: organization and coordination of central and peripheral clocks.
Most physiology and behavior of mammalian organisms follow daily oscillations. These rhythmic processes are governed by… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Melanopsin is expressed in PACAP-containing retinal ganglion cells of the human retinohypothalamic tract.
PURPOSE The putative circadian photoreceptor melanopsin is found in rodents in a subpopulation of intrinsic light-sensitive… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The Photopigment Melanopsin Is Exclusively Present in Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide-Containing Retinal Ganglion Cells of the Retinohypothalamic Tract
Mammalian circadian rhythms generated in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei are entrained to the environmental light/dark… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Neurotransmitters of the retino-hypothalamic tract
  • J. Hannibal
  • Cell and Tissue Research
  • 2002
  • Corpus ID: 7596392
Abstract. The brain's biological clock, which, in mammals, is located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), generates circadian… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Melanopsin in cells of origin of the retinohypothalamic tract
All known eukaryotic organisms exhibit physiological and behavioral rhythms termed circadian rhythms that cycle with a near-24… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
PACAP and glutamate are co‐stored in the retinohypothalamic tract
The retinohypothalamic tract (RHT) relays photic information from the eyes to the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Activation of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide (PACAP) in the Retinohypothalamic Tract: A Potential Daytime Regulator of the Biological Clock
The retinohypothalamic tract (RHT) relays photic information from the eyes to the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Activation of… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
The role of glutamate in the photic regulation of the suprachiasmatic nucleus
  • F. Ebling
  • Progress in neurobiology
  • 1996
  • Corpus ID: 29336791
Review
1994
Review
1994
The circadian visual system
  • L. P. Morin
  • Brain Research Reviews
  • 1994
  • Corpus ID: 1783430
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Retinohypothalamic projections in the hamster and rat demonstrated using cholera toxin
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