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The Threshold Characteristics of the Retinohypothalamic Tract in the Regulation of Human Circadian Activity Rhythms by Solar Radiation

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Abstract—A discrete threshold model was shown to be suitable for studying and describing unconscious reactions of the human body and, in particular, characteristics of the retinohypothalamic tract, which mediates the regulation of human circadian activity rhythms by solar radiation.

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    A. V. Leonidov

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Leonidov, A.V. The Threshold Characteristics of the Retinohypothalamic Tract in the Regulation of Human Circadian Activity Rhythms by Solar Radiation. BIOPHYSICS 65, 349–353 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350920020116

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