Sleep-Wake Circuits
Ascending arousal system vs sleep-promoting VLPO; orexin from hypothalamus stabilizes wake state.
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Mutual-inhibition flip-flop between VLPO (sleep) and arousal nuclei (LC, raphe, TMN, basal forebrain); orexin from lateral hypothalamus stabilizes the wake state. Loss of orexin = narcolepsy.
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- Articles in the health science category
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- Content-marketing posts that need a clean, branded illustration
Source & accuracy
This sleep-wake circuits is an editorial illustration built to represent the concept accurately. Where it shows figures, they are typical or representative values chosen to make the relationship clear, not a single underlying dataset. The diagram and its explainer are reviewed and maintained centrally, and updated over time as understanding improves.
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