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

Their findings suggest that these medications primarily affect brain systems involved in reward and wakefulness rather than the networks traditionally linked to attention.

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

They held each other in the dark, saying nothing, their breathing regular until finally they drifted into a state of half sleep and half wakefulness.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie