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Discovering the secrets of sleep

By T.K. Randall
November 24, 2011 · Comment icon 7 comments

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Scientists may be one step closer to discovering the exact enzyme responsible for waking people up.
"Sleep, one of the most mysterious regular shifts in consciousness, is regulated by a delicate balance between biological processes, the environment and behavior, but the mechanisms involved in the regulation are not well understood," said Dr Subimal Dutta. "The ultimate goal of my research is to deepen the understanding of how sleep is regulated at the cellular level, which could lead to finding the causes and cures for a variety of sleep disorders."
Researchers in the US have found the chemical trigger that surpresses sleep and wakes people up, which can also be blocked to produce restful sleep.


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Comment icon #1 Posted by Paracelse 14 years ago
Researchers in the US have found the chemical trigger that surpresses sleep and wakes people up, which can also be blocked to produce restful sleep. So!!!!!!!!!!! What is it???? :sleepy: Need to wake up
Comment icon #2 Posted by angi chiesa 14 years ago
I usually wake up cos I need to peeeeee.Thats the trigger to surpress sleep.
Comment icon #3 Posted by encouraged 14 years ago
It would be nice to have a natural means of fixing sleep disorders *as he falls to sleep...*
Comment icon #4 Posted by DieChecker 14 years ago
Don't they already have sleeping pills? I assume that this will just be another option.
Comment icon #5 Posted by encouraged 14 years ago
I usually wake up cos I need to peeeeee.Thats the trigger to surpress sleep. Yeah! I hate that! Explanation: Some people wake up because they need to pee, but then really don't need to after all. That is usually a symptom of having sleep apnea (without knowing it.) The brain is aware that the blood-oxygen levels are too low, and also aware of how to best wake me up--a full bladder signal. So, it signal's me to wake up to pee, and saves my life by doing so. However, such a problem needs a better solution, because there are many health problems that can come about through blood-oxygen getting to... [More]
Comment icon #6 Posted by Nuke_em 14 years ago
Believe it or not one thing can cure many such things, it is illegal and people have wrong ideas about it, the drug is called canabis sativa... My friend had cramps i think, pain in stomach, due to wrong diagnose from a doctor and consequently she was given wrong meds that damaged her stomach. Whenever we were together she was always complaining about pain and most of time she was sad, so i told her to try to smoke canabis i know i helped me when i had similar problem. And guess what, i was right on the spot.. Next day she was smiling, she told me that before she went to sleep smoked some and ... [More]
Comment icon #7 Posted by Rhincewind 14 years ago
reading this artical is the best cure for insomnia that I have found so far. (not that I have it)


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