Sleep-wake cycle: Difference between revisions

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*The falling levels of adenosine enable the cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain to become uninhibited to activation by histamine<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016451/#S13title | HISTAMINE IN THE REGULATION OF WAKEFULNESS</ref>
*The falling levels of adenosine enable the cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain to become uninhibited to activation by histamine<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016451/#S13title | HISTAMINE IN THE REGULATION OF WAKEFULNESS</ref>
*Food is Digested throughout the night, raising insulin levels which in combination with melatonin cause the upregulation of leptin. This inhibits orexin allowing one to sleep without being distracted by hunger


==See also==
==See also==