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SUBMITTER: Abbott SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3741311 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Abbott Sabra M SM Arnold Jennifer M JM Chang Qing Q Miao Hai H Ota Nobutoshi N Cecala Christine C Gold Paul E PE Sweedler Jonathan V JV Gillette Martha U MU
PloS one 20130812 8
Sleep-wake cycling is controlled by the complex interplay between two brain systems, one which controls vigilance state, regulating the transition between sleep and wake, and the other circadian, which communicates time-of-day. Together, they align sleep appropriately with energetic need and the day-night cycle. Neural circuits connect brain stem sites that regulate vigilance state with the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), the master circadian clock, but the function of these connections has been ...[more]