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Neuroscience: A ‘Skin Warming’ Circuit that Promotes Sleep and Body Cooling

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Skin and body warming help initiate sleep, but the underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear. New research in mice shows that skin warming recruits a previously unidentified hypothalamic circuit that functions… Click to show full abstract

Skin and body warming help initiate sleep, but the underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear. New research in mice shows that skin warming recruits a previously unidentified hypothalamic circuit that functions to promote sleep and body cooling.

Keywords: body cooling; sleep body; circuit; neuroscience skin; skin warming; body

Journal Title: Current Biology
Year Published: 2018

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