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Review
. 2018 Nov-Dec;47(11-12 Pt 1):964-968.
doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2018.10.011. Epub 2018 Nov 1.

[Physiology of the biological clock]

[Article in French]
Damien Leger  1 , Arnaud Metlaine  2 , Claude Gronfier  3 ; et le Consensus Chronobiologie et sommeil de la Société française de recherche et médecine du sommeil (SFRMS)
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[Physiology of the biological clock]

[Article in French]
Damien Leger et al. Presse Med. 2018 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

The circadian clock has an endogenous activity, independently of environmental cues. It is also synchronized on the 24hours cycle specifically by light. The central biological clock is located in the supra-chiasmatic nuclei of the hypothalamus. Multiple peripheral biological clocks are also identified in almost all the systems.

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