wakefulness
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This brain region also receives signals involved in regulating sleep and wakefulness.
From Science Daily • May 30, 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
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
A viral wakefulness that’s so contagious, it would wake the dead if you got close enough.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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