Research Hit: Brain Cells Adapt to Help You Stay Awake
Falling asleep is a funny thing — you don’t need to think about it when it happens, but it can cause many people who can’t incredible frustration, not to mention the negative cognitive and health impacts that ensue from lack of good sleep.
You may know of the brain chemicals that help you to sleep, specifically melatonin, that you can also buy at your local drugstore to help you sleep. But as with all things in the brain it is never quite that simple. I reported previously on how toxins build up and genetic rubbish also that makes you tired. But recent research into fruit flies has given us some more fascinating insights.
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