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The neuroendocrine loop (or internal resonance) model of avian circadian organization. This schematic of a sparrow brain shows the locations of the pineal gland and suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) (in red), each of which are damped circadian oscillators that rely on their mutual interactions to maintain rhythm stability and amplitude.
