Insomnia is stronger medicine

Perhaps the problem is insomnia, which affects millions of people will soon be forgotten like a bad dream. Scientists have come close to the creation of a powerful drug, opening the enzyme responsible for the process of awakening

American scientists have discovered a substance that inhibits sleep, and came to the logical conclusion that blocking production of the enzyme, it is theoretically possible to solve the problem   insomnia That is relevant to 40% of the inhabitants of our planet. It gives hope for the creation of new, revolutionary methods of struggle for a healthy sleep.

"The phase of sleep is one of the most mysterious in the human mind, - said study author Dr. Subimal Dutta, whose work was published in Journal of Neuroscience. - It is governed by a complex balance between biological processes, the environment and behavior, but we do not fully understand the mechanisms involved in this regulation. The ultimate goal of my research was a better understanding of how sleep is regulated at the cellular level, which could eventually lead to the elucidation of the causes of many disorders of sleep and create new ways treatment of insomnia ".

According to Dr. Dutta, blocking the enzyme is as a stage of REM (rapid eye movement) and non-REM sleep stage, which is necessary in order for us to stay healthy. "Existing treatments for insomnia and other sleep disorders, as a rule, do not reach the ideal result, causing a variety of undesirable side effects, - says Dutta. - We need a more specific therapy."

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