Physiologynpj Biological Timing and SleepPeer-reviewed
Attractive and repulsive couplings between circadian pacemaker neurons promote entrainment to light-dark cycles with after-effect
Yuta Kitaguchi, Satoru Komori, Hajime Tei, Koichiro Uriu
The paper models circadian pacemaker neuron interactions to show how attractive and repulsive couplings between SCN core and shell regions enable entrainment to light-dark cycles and produce the after-effect.
DOI 10.1038/s44323-026-00112-1