Suprachiasmatic nucleus: cell autonomy and network properties

DK Welsh, JS Takahashi, SA Kay - Annual review of physiology, 2010 - annualreviews.org
The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the primary circadian pacemaker in mammals.
Individual SCN neurons in dispersed culture can generate independent circadian …

A neuropeptide code for itch

ZF Chen - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Itch is one of the most primal sensations, being both ubiquitous and important for the well-
being of animals. For more than a century, a desire to understand how itch is encoded by the …

The circadian visual system, 2005

LP Morin, CN Allen - Brain research reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
The primary mammalian circadian clock resides in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), a
recipient of dense retinohypothalamic innervation. In its most basic form, the circadian …

Orchestrating time: arrangements of the brain circadian clock

MC Antle, R Silver - Trends in neurosciences, 2005 - cell.com
Daily oscillations in physiology and behavior are regulated by a brain clock located in the
suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Individual cells within this nucleus contain an autonomous …

Sleep, rhythms, and the endocrine brain: influence of sex and gonadal hormones

JA Mong, FC Baker, MM Mahoney, KN Paul… - Journal of …, 2011 - Soc Neuroscience
While much is known about the mechanisms that underlie sleep and circadian rhythms, the
investigation into sex differences and gonadal steroid modulation of sleep and biological …

Living by the clock: the circadian pacemaker in older people

MA Hofman, DF Swaab - Ageing research reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus is considered to be a critical
component of a neural oscillator system implicated in the timing of a wide variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Neuromedin s-producing neurons act as essential pacemakers in the suprachiasmatic nucleus to couple clock neurons and dictate circadian rhythms

IT Lee, AS Chang, M Manandhar, Y Shan, J Fan… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Circadian behavior in mammals is orchestrated by neurons within the suprachiasmatic
nucleus (SCN), yet the neuronal population necessary for the generation of timekeeping …

Architecture of retinal projections to the central circadian pacemaker

DC Fernandez, YT Chang, S Hattar… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) receives direct retinal input from the intrinsically
photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) for circadian photoentrainment. Interestingly …

The suprachiasmatic nuclei as a seasonal clock

CP Coomans, A Ramkisoensing, JH Meijer - Frontiers in …, 2015 - Elsevier
In mammals, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) contains a central clock that synchronizes
daily (ie, 24-h) rhythms in physiology and behavior. SCN neurons are cell-autonomous …

Synchronization of biological clock neurons by light and peripheral feedback systems promotes circadian rhythms and health

A Ramkisoensing, JH Meijer - Frontiers in neurology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
In mammals, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) functions as a circadian clock that drives
24-h rhythms in both physiology and behavior. The SCN is a multicellular oscillator in which …