AUTHOR=Miller Brooke H., Takahashi Joseph S. TITLE=Central Circadian Control of Female Reproductive Function JOURNAL=Frontiers in Endocrinology VOLUME=4 YEAR=2014 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2013.00195 DOI=10.3389/fendo.2013.00195 ISSN=1664-2392 ABSTRACT=
Over the past two decades, it has become clear just how much of our physiology is under the control of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) and the cell-intrinsic molecular clock that ticks with a periodicity of approximately 24 h. The SCN prepares our digestive system for meals, our adrenal axis for the stress of waking up in the morning, and the genes expressed in our muscles when we prepare to exercise. Long before molecular studies of genes such as