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- initialism South American Community of Nations
- initialism Soybean cyst nematode
- initialism suprachiasmatic nuclei
- initialism Server Change Number
- initialism Scottish Candidate Number
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This region, called the suprachiasmatic nucleus or SCN, is just above the optic nerve on both sides of the brain.
Boing Boing: February 3, 2002 - February 9, 2002 Archives 2002
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For a few decades neuroscientists have known that circadian rhythms, the sleep and alertness cycles that we experience every day, are controlled by a part of the brain in the hypothalamus called the SCN suprachiasmatic nucleus.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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For a few decades neuroscientists have known that circadian rhythms, the sleep and alertness cycles that we experience every day, are controlled by a part of the brain in the hypothalamus called the SCN suprachiasmatic nucleus.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Human circadian rhythms are controlled by a region of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus, or SCN, which is located in the hypothalamus, a region of the brain that regulates many of the tasks of the autonomic nervous system.
Driving under the influence...of fatigue ewillett 2007
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Consistent with the behavioral deficits, light-induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK) in the SCN, which is suggested to be a highly sensitive light detector and a determinant of the magnitude of phase delay
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Chihiro Kawaguchi et al. 2010
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Consistent with the behavioral deficits, light-induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK) in the SCN, which is suggested to be a highly sensitive light detector and a determinant of the magnitude of phase delay
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Chihiro Kawaguchi et al. 2010
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Consistent with the behavioral deficits, light-induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK) in the SCN, which is suggested to be a highly sensitive light detector and a determinant of the magnitude of phase delay
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Chihiro Kawaguchi et al. 2010
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The SCN, which is located in the hypothalamus in the brain, transmits information taken from the retina to the pineal gland.
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I caught part of this documentary on snakes last night on SCN.
Nature is Awesome: Snake eats deer whole Tyler 2009
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I caught part of this documentary on snakes last night on SCN.
Archive 2009-06-28 Tyler 2009
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