A homeostatic process, influenced by pacemaker genes and the pacemaker region, regulates the amount and timing of sleep, potentially through the accumulation of adenosine or other neuroendocrine/neurochemical substances that signal sleep need and sleep debt.

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  From Biological Rhythms to the Sleep Cycle (Chapter Two)

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• sleep debt concept