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Fig. 1: NE increases are associated with EEG desynchronization.

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  1. Division of Glial Disease and Therapeutics, Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Celia Kjaerby, Mie Andersen, Natalie Hauglund, Verena Untiet, Camilla Dall, Hajime Hirase & Maiken Nedergaard

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA

    Fengfei Ding, Hajime Hirase & Maiken Nedergaard

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Kjaerby, C., Andersen, M., Hauglund, N. et al. Reply to: ‘Do all norepinephrine surges disrupt sleep?’. Nat Neurosci 26, 957–958 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-023-01314-7

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