Generation of circadian rhythms in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

MH Hastings, ES Maywood… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus is remarkable. Despite numbering
only about 10,000 neurons on each side of the third ventricle, the SCN is our principal …

The suprachiasmatic nucleus at 50: looking back, then looking forward

D Ono, DR Weaver, MH Hastings… - Journal of biological …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
It has been 50 years since the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) was first identified as the
central circadian clock and 25 years since the last overview of developments in the field was …

The cellular and molecular landscape of hypothalamic patterning and differentiation from embryonic to late postnatal development

DW Kim, PW Washington, ZQ Wang, SH Lin… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The hypothalamus is a central regulator of many innate behaviors essential for survival, but
the molecular mechanisms controlling hypothalamic patterning and cell fate specification …

Suprachiasmatic VIP neurons are required for normal circadian rhythmicity and comprised of molecularly distinct subpopulations

WD Todd, A Venner, C Anaclet, RY Broadhurst… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The hypothalamic suprachiasmatic (SCN) clock contains several neurochemically defined
cell groups that contribute to the genesis of circadian rhythms. Using cell-specific and …

PhenomeXcan: Mapping the genome to the phenome through the transcriptome

M Pividori, PS Rajagopal, A Barbeira, Y Liang… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Large-scale genomic and transcriptomic initiatives offer unprecedented insight into complex
traits, but clinical translation remains limited by variant-level associations without biological …

Distinct ipRGC subpopulations mediate light's acute and circadian effects on body temperature and sleep

AC Rupp, M Ren, CM Altimus, DC Fernandez… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
The light environment greatly impacts human alertness, mood, and cognition by both acute
regulation of physiology and indirect alignment of circadian rhythms. These processes …

Cellular and molecular properties of neural progenitors in the developing mammalian hypothalamus

X Zhou, S Zhong, H Peng, J Liu, W Ding, L Sun… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The neuroendocrine hypothalamus is the central regulator of vital physiological homeostasis
and behavior. However, the cellular and molecular properties of hypothalamic neural …

Vasoactive intestinal peptide controls the suprachiasmatic circadian clock network via ERK1/2 and DUSP4 signalling

R Hamnett, P Crosby, JE Chesham… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) co-ordinates circadian behaviour and physiology in
mammals. Its cell-autonomous circadian oscillations pivot around a well characterised …

Circadian and sleep/wake-dependent variations in tau phosphorylation are driven by temperature

I Guisle, M Gratuze, S Petry, F Morin, R Keraudren… - Sleep, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives Aggregates of hyperphosphorylated tau protein are a hallmark of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other tauopathies. Sleep disturbances are common in AD …

Genome-wide epigenetic modifications in sports horses during training as an adaptation phenomenon

K Cappelli, S Mecocci, A Porceddu, E Albertini… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
With his bicentennial breeding history based on athletic performance, the Thoroughbred
horse can be considered the equine sport breed. Although genomic and transcriptomic tools …