Biological Rhythms

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Circadian Rhythms 

  • Biological rythims that occur over a 24 hour period. Synced up with external environemnts suing zeitgebergù

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Zeitgeber

Cues that sugnals something abotu the time of day

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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus 

Contains the circsdisn rythimd 

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Pineal Gland

Gets a signal from SCN which releases melatonin

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Retinal ganglia cells

Sensitive to blue light 

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Wgat two proteins f=does the SCN make

Clock and cycle

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Clock ad cycle

Proteins that form a dimeer. Dimer activates two genes, period and cryptochrome.

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