Deciphering circadian clock cell network morphology within the biological master clock, the suprachiasmatic nucleus
Deciphering circadian clock cell network morphology within the biological master clock, the suprachiasmatic nucleus
Abstract: The biological master clock, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of a mouse, contains many (~20,000) clock cells heterogeneous, particularly with respect to their circadian period. Despite the inhomogeneity, within an intact SCN, they maintain a very high degree of circadian phase coherence, which is generally rendered visible as system-wide propagating phase waves. The phase coherence …