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How does your brain wake up from sleep?

  • Written by Hilary A. Marusak, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
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What happens in your brain when you wake up from your sleep? – Ainsley V., age 11, South Carolina

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