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. 2016 Aug 22;26(16):R765-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.059.

Sleep: Switching Off the Off-Switch

Anita Lüthi  1
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Sleep: Switching Off the Off-Switch

Anita Lüthi. Curr Biol. .
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What are the synaptic drives controlling the sleep-wake circuitry in the mammalian brain? In a new study it was found that GABAergic cells in posterior lateral hypothalamus inhibit sleep-promoting anterior hypothalamic cells to cause waking, whereas their inhibition augments sleep.

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