Hosted by the Circuit Neuroscience research group (CNS)
Evolution has favoured organisms that are able to predict the periodic changes in the environment (i.e. the day:night cycle). In mammals the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the central pacemaker, helping maintain a coherent 24 hour rhythm in behaviour and biological processes. However to appropriately time these behaviours the biological clock needs to be entrained to the external environment, for which light is one of the most potent time cues. In mammals this light information is relayed from the retina, to the SCN via the retinohypothalamic tract. As the mammalian retina is a complex structure with multiple adaptations for vision, it is important to understand what properties of the light stimuli are relayed to the SCN and how this information is interpreted.
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The talk will be followed byu food and drinks in The Source cafe, Biomedical Sciences Building, between 5-6.30pm.