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Two sides of a bearded dragon’s brain compete during sleep

Sleep in the bearded dragon Pogona vitticeps comprises two alternating stages. During one of the stages, the activities of a structure called the claustrum in the left and right hemispheres of the brain are precisely coordinated but show competitive dynamics that depend on circuits in the midbrain typically associated with vision and attention.

This is a summary of: Fenk, L. A. et al. Interhemispheric competition during sleep. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05827-w (2023).

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00444-z

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