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Thalamic dynamics orchestrate the recovery of tonic alertness during nocturnal sleep inertia.

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Authors: Shuo Chen1,2, Yi-Chia Kung3, Fan-Chi Hsiao4, Hsin-Chien Lee5,6,7, Chun-Chuan Chen2, Changwei W Wu6,8
ORCID iDs: Yi-Chia Kung, Fan-Chi Hsiao, Hsin-Chien Lee, Changwei W Wu
  1. McConnell Brain Imaging Center, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, QC Canada
  2. Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC
  3. Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  4. Department of Counseling and Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Ming Chuan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC
  5. Graduate Institute of Medical Humanities, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  6. Research Center of Sleep Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  7. Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  8. Graduate Institute of Mind, Brain and Consciousness, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Institutions: Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (Canada); National Central University (Taiwan); McGill University (Canada); Tri-Service General Hospital (Taiwan); National Defense Medical Center (Taiwan); Ming Chuan University (Taiwan); Taipei Medical University Hospital (Taiwan); Taipei Medical University (Taiwan)
Journal: Communications biology, volume 9, issue 1, article 601
Dates: received 18 April 2025; accepted 27 February 2026; published online 14 March 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1038/s42003-026-09839-w · PMID 41832350 · PMCID PMC13133151 · OpenAlex W7135400583
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: data only
Categories: EEG (modality), fMRI (modality), human (organism), cognitive (subfield)
Methods: Connectivity, Statistics, Smoothing, state filtering, decompositions, Preprocessing, fMRI & imaging, Evoked potentials, Physiology & signal measures
Keywords: Consciousness, Functional magnetic resonance imaging
MeSH: Sleep*, Thalamus*, Wakefulness*, Adult, Arousal, Electroencephalography, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Psychomotor Performance (* major topic)
Topic: Sleep and Wakefulness Research (Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex
Funding: Shanghai Educational Development Foundation; Taipei Medical University; Tri-Service General Hospital; National Science and Technology Council; Wan Fang Hospital
Citations: cited by 1 paper (Europe PMC); 68 references in the paper

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Chen, S., Kung, Y.-C., Hsiao, F.-C., Lee, H.-C., Chen, C.-C., & Wu, C. W. (2026). Thalamic dynamics orchestrate the recovery of tonic alertness during nocturnal sleep inertia. Communications biology, 9(1), 601. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-09839-w

BibTeX

@article{chen2026thalamic,
author = {Chen, Shuo and Kung, Yi-Chia and Hsiao, Fan-Chi and Lee, Hsin-Chien and Chen, Chun-Chuan and Wu, Changwei W},
title = {{Thalamic dynamics orchestrate the recovery of tonic alertness during nocturnal sleep inertia}},
journal = {Communications biology},
year = {2026},
month = mar,
volume = {9},
number = {1},
pages = {601},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
issn = {2399-3642},
doi = {10.1038/s42003-026-09839-w},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-09839-w},
pmid = {41832350},
pmcid = {PMC13133151}
}

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AU - Hsiao, Fan-Chi
AU - Lee, Hsin-Chien
AU - Chen, Chun-Chuan
AU - Wu, Changwei W
TI - Thalamic dynamics orchestrate the recovery of tonic alertness during nocturnal sleep inertia
T2 - Communications biology
J2 - Commun Biol
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/03/14
VL - 9
IS - 1
SP - 601
SN - 2399-3642
PB - Nature Publishing Group
DO - 10.1038/s42003-026-09839-w
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-09839-w
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