But there seems to be a big thaw in the reserach work to cure isnomnia as neurologists at Oxford University think they have discovered the switch in the brain that tells our bodies when to go to sleep.
Described as a ‘homeostat’ which can tell when someone has been awake for too many hours, the mechanism fires when the body is tired.
Professor Gero Miesenböck, whose team conducted the research, said: ‘When you’re tired, these neurons in the brain shout loud and they send you to sleep.’
The researchers demonstrated the theory on fruit flies, removing the switch to create insomniac insects.
The researchers demonstrated the theory on fruit flies, removing the switch to create insomniac insects.
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