Exposure to the sun's light can be both beneficial and harmful. New research has suggested new uses for light therapy beyond ...

Circadian rhythms in mammals rely on cell-autonomous molecular clocks that operate in many tissues and organs. New research ...

Circadian rhythms are maintained with the help of circadian clocks, the main circadian clock in mammals is the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). The SCN is located in the anterior region of the ...

In the new study, the researchers identified a mechanism that encodes the length of a day into the neuronal network of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). The researchers were able to identify how ...

It's only the size of a mustard seed, but the suprachiasmatic nucleus, or SCN, regulates when you eat, when you sleep, when you feel thirsty, along with a litany of functions related to social and ...

Johanna Meijer at Leiden University in the Netherlands and her colleagues have been studying the suprachiasmatic nucleus, which sits in the hypothalamus and is thought to play a role in regulating ...

The body's central internal clock is located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the brain. Along with other internal clocks—such as those in the heart and liver—it regulates various bodily ...

Our circadian rhythms are controlled by the brain’s suprachiasmatic nucleus, which detects light. When cells in your eyes register that it’s dark outside, they send these signals to the ...