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. 2019 Jul 19;20(14):3533. doi: 10.3390/ijms20143533

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The mechanism underlying the inversion of circadian melatonin secretion occurs in the blue part of the figure, somewhere between the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) and pinealocytes. PVN: periventricular nuclei, T1-T3: preganglionic sympathetic neurons of the first thoracic segments, SCG: superior cervical ganglia.