Examples of use of SCN
1. According to Russell Foster, professor of molecular neuroscience at Imperial College and an expert in the effect of light on the body‘s circadian rhythms, one way the absence of daylight may trigger Sad is through the connection with an area of the brain known as the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN). This is a sort of master control room for the body clock, triggered by light–sensitive ganglian cells in the retina.