Neurologists have noticed that patients with lesions (damage) at the junction of the midbrain and diencephalon of the forebrain had trouble arousing themselves from sleep. In other patients, lesions inthe lateral hypothalamic area produce severe sleepiness, even coma. Identify the brain system impaired by these lesions and explain how these effects could be produced.

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