The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) promotes wakefulness by producing an alerting signal that offsets sleep drive, and it promotes sleep by turning off this alerting signal.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Harvard Medical School
  Science of Sleep: How is Sleep Regulated?

Sources

• Science of Sleep: How is Sleep Regulated? sleep.hms.harvard.edu Harvard Medical School via serper

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• suprachiasmatic nucleus concept