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Light stimulation during postnatal development is not determinant for glutamatergic neurotransmission from the retinohypothalamic tract to the suprachiasmatic nucleus in rats

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Published in 2021 at "European Journal of Neuroscience"

DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15312

Abstract: The hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the leading circadian pacemaker in mammals, which synchronizes with environmental light through the retinohypothalamic tract (RHT). Although the SCN regulates circadian rhythms before birth, postnatal synaptic changes are needed… read more here.

Keywords: glutamatergic neurotransmission; suprachiasmatic nucleus; retinohypothalamic tract; postnatal development ... See more keywords