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Mini review: Bidirectional Regulation of Circadian Rhythm by Suprachiasmatic Nucleus and Nuclear Receptors in Female Mammals Cover

Mini review: Bidirectional Regulation of Circadian Rhythm by Suprachiasmatic Nucleus and Nuclear Receptors in Female Mammals

Journal of Circadian Rhythms
Volume 23 (2025): Issue 1
By: Dharani Abirama Sundari Shanmugam,  Ashwini Devi Balaraman,  Abhijit Kar,  Abishek Franco,  B. Arjun Chandra Balaji,  S. Meenakumari,  P. K. Praveenkumar,  R. Gayathri,  Vinoth Kumar Ganesan,  Merugumolu Vijay Kumar,  K. Senthilkumar and  B. Shanthi  
Open Access
|Apr 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcr.245 | Journal eISSN: 1740-3391
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 2, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 20, 2025
Published on: Apr 8, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Circadian rhythm,
suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN),
CLOCK genes,
nuclear receptors

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