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No sedative necessary: Scientists discover new ‘sleep node’ in the brain
September 18, 2014 by NewsBot
A sleep-promoting circuit located deep in the primitive brainstem has revealed how we fall into deep sleep. This is only the second 'sleep node' identified in the mammalian brain whose activity appears to be both necessary and sufficient to produce deep sleep.
