{"id":9201,"date":"2019-05-22T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/suprachiasmatic_nucleus_-scn\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:16:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:16:02","slug":"suprachiasmatic_nucleus_-scn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/suprachiasmatic_nucleus_-scn\/","title":{"rendered":"Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of several clusters of associated neurons on each side of the hypothalamus just above the optic chasm, which contains a network that maintains a 24-hour rhythm of activity. &nbsp;It receives visual information via an accessory optic tract and projects to the pineal gland. &nbsp;The SCN is believed to function as a central pacemaker governing circadian rhythms that are expressed in physiology and behavior.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"pineal_gland\">Pineal gland<\/a>, <a href=\"sleep-waking_cycle\">Sleep-waking cycle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of several clusters of associated neurons on each side of the hypothalamus just above the optic chasm, which contains a network that maintains a 24-hour rhythm of activity. &nbsp;It receives visual information via an accessory optic tract and projects to the pineal gland. &nbsp;The SCN is believed to function as a central pacemaker governing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/suprachiasmatic_nucleus_-scn\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-9201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}