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Structure of suprachiasmatic nucleus

Known as: nucleus suprachiasmatic, Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, Suprachiasmatic nucleus of hypothalamus 
An ovoid densely packed collection of small cells of the anterior hypothalamus lying close to the midline in a shallow impression of the OPTIC CHIASM… Expand
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Anterior hypothalamic regionStructure of anterior hypothalamic nucleus
Biological ClocksBlood supply aspectsBrainHypothalamic structure
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Interaction between circadian rhythms and stress
Life on earth has adapted to the day-night cycle by evolution of internal, so-called circadian clocks that adjust behavior and… Expand
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Review
2010
Review
2010
Suprachiasmatic nucleus: cell autonomy and network properties.
The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the primary circadian pacemaker in mammals. Individual SCN neurons in dispersed culture can… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Synchronization of cellular clocks in the suprachiasmatic nucleus.
Individual cellular clocks in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), the circadian center, are integrated into a stable and robust… Expand
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Review
2002
Review
2002
Suprachiasmatic nucleus organization
Abstract. The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus is a dominant circadian pacemaker in the mammalian brain… Expand
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Prokineticin 2 transmits the behavioural circadian rhythm of the suprachiasmatic nucleus
The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) controls the circadian rhythm of physiological and behavioural processes in mammals. Here we… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Suprachiasmatic nucleus in the mouse: retinal innervation, intrinsic organization and efferent projections
The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the principal circadian pacemaker of the mammalian circadian timing system. The SCN is… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Restricted feeding uncouples circadian oscillators in peripheral tissues from the central pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus.
In mammals, circadian oscillators exist not only in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, which harbors the central pacemaker, but also in… Expand
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Individual neurons dissociated from rat suprachiasmatic nucleus express independently phased circadian firing rhythms
Within the mammalian hypothalamus, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) contains a circadian clock for timing of diverse neuronal… Expand
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Transplanted suprachiasmatic nucleus determines circadian period.
The pacemaker role of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in a mammalian circadian system was tested by neural transplantation by using a… Expand
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Persistence of circadian rhythmicity in a mammalian hypothalamic "island" containing the suprachiasmatic nucleus.
The experimental work described tested the prosposition that the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus is an autonomous… Expand
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