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waking center

waking center

an obsolete name for an area of the posterior hypothalamus formerly thought to control waking from sleep. It has now been shown that the sleep–wake cycle is governed by a number of areas in the brain, including the hypothalamus and reticular activating system. See also sleep center.

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