If a patient chronically inhibits adenosine receptors, what sleep consequence will likely dominate?

💡 Explanation

Inhibiting adenosine receptors reduces their ability to promote sleepiness, because adenosine accumulates during wakefulness and promotes sleep via these receptors; therefore, inhibiting them results in reduced sleep depth and duration, rather than promoting sleep consolidation.

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