wakefulness

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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

They noted that stimulants might have a restorative role by activating the brain's waste clearing system during wakefulness.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

The more blue-white tones in the lighting, and the brighter it is, the more it helps support our circadian rhythms—the biological clocks inside our cells that drive our cycles of sleepiness and wakefulness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

With its next-gen candidate, ORX142, management plans to pursue indications in neurological and neurodegenerative disorder patients to help them with wakefulness and cognition.

From Barron's • Sep. 26, 2025

For long hours she was suspended between sleep and wakefulness.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George