alertness
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Because the locus coeruleus helps regulate attention, alertness, and cognitive function, growth hormone's influence on this region suggests it could also play a role in how effectively the brain functions after waking.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
These dynamic arrivals, that create a '3-2' or a '4-1' base, require an alertness and reaction from the opposition to track them that isn't always possible.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
In a small study on people with insomnia, when they were given a false negative sleep score, those individuals reported sleepiness and fatigue, as well as lower levels of alertness and clear thinking.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
This is a film packed with conversation yet light on longueurs, for the director and his cast invest the dense historical speech with an alertness befitting a besieged community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Their wide wakes rippled through the lily pads and rolled the canoe abruptly from side to side, prodding Joe back to alertness.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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