Reduction in deep sleep, an important side effect of sleep-promoting drugs, could be happening because of hypnotics interfering with alpha3 subunits of GABA receptors in the brain's thalamus.
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Reduction in deep sleep, an important side effect of sleep-promoting drugs, could be happening because of hypnotics interfering with alpha3 subunits of GABA receptors in the brain's thalamus.
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