wakefulness

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This brain region also receives signals involved in regulating sleep and wakefulness.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Medications such as modafinil are sometimes used to promote wakefulness, but these drugs have mainly been studied in overnight workers and can interfere with sleep later in the day.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

After showing signs of wakefulness, he was transferred to the Sid Watkins Rehabilitation Centre in Liverpool on 23 December that year.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

After poor sleep, the brain tries to compensate during wakefulness, triggering pulses of fluid that coincide with sharp reductions in attention, according to a recent study published in Nature Neuroscience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Long past the hour of Compline, the last prayers of the night, a sound aroused me to a confused state of wakefulness.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi