Neuronal Input Pathways to the Brains Biological Clock and their Functional Significance
Publication year: 2006
: 978-3-540-27789-7
Circadian rhythms are entrained daily by environmental photic and non-photic cues. The present review describes the anatomy and functional characteristics of the three major input pathways to the circadian clock mediating entrainment, the retino-hypothalamic tract (RHT), the geniculo-hypothalamic tract (GHT) and the midbrain raphe projection.
: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Circadian Rhythm, Eintrainment, Melanopsin, NPY, PACAP, Retinohypothalmic tract, Serotonin, Suprachiasmatic nucleus, anatomy, physiology
