Many animals concentrate their activity around dawn and dusk. This timing is regulated by distinct ‘morning’ and ‘evening’ oscillators in the central nervous system. But how are these two neuronal clocks coordinated?
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Nitabach, M. Clock coordination. Nature 438, 173–175 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/438173a
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