IT is supposed by several authors 1–9 that adrenaline-induced EEG-arousal, which originates in the mesencephalic reticular formation and the posterior hypothalamus, is caused by a direct action ...
[2,3] Of note, other ascending aminergic pathways, such as the serotonergic pathways that originate from the midbrain (nuclei raphe) and the posterior hypothalamic histaminergic systems ...
A 70-year-old hypothesis that a rostral hypothalamic area is essential for ... Effect of lesions of the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus in NREM and REM sleep. J. Neuroscience (in the press).