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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
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
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… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Mammalian Photoperiodic System: Formal Properties and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms of Photoperiodic Time Measurement
Photoperiodism is a process whereby organisms are able to use both absolute measures of day length and the direction of day… 
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
Review
1994
Review
1994
The circadian visual system
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Retinohypothalamic projections in the hamster and rat demonstrated using cholera toxin
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