Circadian Rhythms
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Nervous System Organization and Biological Clocks — Animal Physiology▶ 20:25For example, classic studies in hamstersIf you surgically destroy the SCN in a hamster, it completely loses its circadian rhythmsIts activity becomes random throughout the day and nightNervous and Sensory Systems — Campbell Biology in Focus▶ 13:23It's your body's internal thermostat and a central command center for maintaining homeostasisIt regulates hunger, thirst, body temperature, circadian rhythms, and even initiates your fight or flight response, partly through its control over the…And it has that internal clock componentSleep & Sleep Disorders Nursing Care — Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems▶ 3:57It suppresses melatoninAll this is managed by circadian rhythms, our internal 24 -hour clocksThe master clock is the suprachasmatic nucleus, the SCN, in the hypothalamus