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A college student is having difficulty staying awake during the day and sleeping through the night. this difficulty is most likely due to problems in the

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He may have problems in the pons, this part of the brain is responsible for involuntary movements such as breathing or arousal, and also the processes of the sleep cycle. The dream is produced by cycles, this regulation is what allows us to be awake by day and sleep at night, if something affects the regulation of the cycles we can not sleep at the right times.
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