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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

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Pain, Temperature Regulation, Sleep, and Sensory Function — Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children▶ 53:47It is highly orchestrated by the brainThe maestro of the body's internal clock is a tiny, paired structure located deep in the hypothalamus called the suprachiasmatic nucleus, or…The SCN is fascinating because it is directly hardwired to the retinas

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Electrical Brain Activity, Sleep–Wake States, & Circadian RhythmsGanong's Review of Medical Physiology
Integrative Functions of the Central Nervous SystemMedical Physiology: Principles for Clinical Medicine
Pain, Temperature, Sleep, and Sensory FunctionUnderstanding Pathophysiology
Responding to the Cellular EnvironmentMolecular Cell Biology
Sleep & Sleep Disorders Nursing CareLewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems
Sleep and Sleep–Wake DisordersPorth's Essentials of Pathophysiology
Sleep-Wake Disorders in Mental HealthVarcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
States of Brain Activity: Sleep, Brain Waves, Epilepsy, Psychoses, and DementiaGuyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology