Magnetic resonance imaging scans of the brain can reveal how clusters of nerve cells may be connected to each other Larisa Bozhikova / Alamy
A map of brain structures involved in keeping us awake could eventually help to improve people’s recovery following surgery or comas.
Consciousness has two major components: wakefulness and awareness of both yourself and your surroundings. , the cortex, of the human brain that underpin awareness, but the anatomical basis of wakefulness – which is regulated in deeper regions of the brain – is less clear.
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