suprachiasmatic nucleus ( SCh )
The term suprachiasmatic nucleus refers to a group of cells in the anterior hypothalamic region of the hypothalamus, which is demonstrated by Nissl stain in the human ( Saper-2012 ), macaque ( Paxinos-2009a ), rat ( Swanson-2004 ) and mouse ( Dong-2004 ).It is located in the wall of the third ventricle at the base of the optic recess and dorsal to the optic chiasm. Least prominent in the human ( Saper-2012 ), it is divided into the shell of the suprachiasmatic nucleus and the core of the suprachiasmatic nucleus.
It is distinct from the suprachiasmatic preoptic nucleus, which lies rostral to it in the rat ( Swanson-2004 ) and the mouse ( Dong-2004 ). Functionally, as part of the behavioral state system ( Swanson-2004 ), it is involved in the maintenance of circadian rhythms ( Saper-2012 ).
Also known as
| Name | Language | Source | Source Citation | Source Title | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCH | acronym | Hof-2000 | Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2000 | Comparative Cytoarchitectonic Atlas of the C57BL/6 and 129/Sv Mouse Brains | mouse |
| suprachiasmatic nucleus | English | Carpenter-1983 | Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1983 | Human Neuroanatomy | human |
| suprachiasmatic nucleus | English | Martin-1997 | Primate Information Center, University of Washington, Seattle, 1997. | Template Atlas of the Primate Brain | Macaca fascicularis |
| suprachiasmatic nucleus | English | Bowden-1997 | Chapter 1 in Handbook Of Chemical Neuroanatomy: The Primate Nervous System, Part I, F. Bloom, A. Bjorklund and T. Hokfelt, Eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1997 | A digital Rosetta stone for primate brain terminology | rat |
| Nucleus suprachiasmaticus hypothalami | Latin | Riley-1943 | Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1943 | An Atlas Of The Basal Ganglia, Brain Stem And Spinal Cord (Based On Myelin-Stained Material) | human |
| Nucleus suprachiasmaticus hypothalami | Latin | Shantha-1968 | Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1968 | A Stereotaxic Atlas Of The Java Monkey Brain (Macaca irus) | Macaca fascicularis |
| suprachiasmatic nucleus of hypothalamus | English | Carpenter-1983 | Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1983 | Human Neuroanatomy | human |
| nucleo soprachiasmatico | Italian | Carpenter-1995 | EdiSes, s.r.l.- Napoli, 1995 | Fondamenti di Neuroanatomia | human |
| suprachiasmatic nucleus (Spiegel-Zwieg) | English | Swanson-1998 | Second Revised Edition, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1998 | Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain | rat |
| SCh | acronym | Mai-1997 | San Diego: Academic Press, 1997 | Atlas of the Human Brain | human |
| SCH | acronym | Swanson-2004 | Third Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford, 2004 | Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. | rat |
| SCh | acronym | Paxinos-2009a | Amsterdam: Elsevier-Academic Press. 2009 | The Rhesus Monkey Brain, Second Edition | Macaca mulatta |