Too bored to stay awake

Nature Neuroscience 19, 1274 (2016). doi:10.1038/nn.4383 Authors: Michael Happ & Michael M Halassa While the relationship between motivation and sleep is intuitive, its behavioral and neural features are poorly understood. A new study tackles both issues, showing that dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area mediate this relationship.
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