CROSsing the Rubicon: Brainstem peroxide levels drive sleep-wake dynamics.

Gilette, Nicole M; Lipton, Jonathan O · Cell Metab · 2025

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A crucial goal of sleep science is to uncover the molecular mechanisms that translate sleep need into neural pathways that discharge sleep/wake transitions. In a new study, Tian et al.<sup>1</sup> provide support in living animals that peroxide in the substantia nigra is a critical driver of these states.

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