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Instead. Jefferson agreed with research which suggests that there exists a waking center within some nerve cells in the brain stem and basal ganglia called "retic-ular formations." Sleep comes when this waking center is deactivated, probably by enzymes. But how this happens is unknown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Sleepy Talk | 7/19/1954 | See Source »

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