Metabolic activity in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), a center of biological rhythm, is higher during the daytime than at night. The rhythmic oscillation in the SCN is feedback controlled by the CLOCK/BMAL1 heterodimer binding to the E-box in target genes (e.g., Argvasopressin). Similar transcrip
Characteristics of a circadian pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus
β Scribed by Shin -ichi T. Inouye; Hiroshi Kawamura
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 740 KB
- Volume
- 146
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-7594
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