The sleep-wake switch: A neuronal alarm clock

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作者
McGinty, D
Szymusiak, R
机构
[1] Vet Adm Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Syst, Neurophysiol & Sleep Physiol Res Sepulveda Ctr, Sepulveda, CA 91343 USA
[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Psychol, Sepulveda, CA 91343 USA
[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Med, Sepulveda, CA 91343 USA
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10.1038/74988
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A 70-year-old hypothesis that a rostral hypothalamic area is essential for maintaining sleep is re-awakened by the demonstration that the sleep-active ventrolateral preoptic neurons interact with wake-promoting systems in the upper brainstem.
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