Archive for January, 2015
The Miracle of Sleep
Ideally, it works something like this: During the day, the neurostransmitter adenosine increases, eventually causing sleepiness; the pineal gland secretes melatonin in response to darkness and under control of the circadian clock; the core body temperature drops and brain waves slip from alpha, to theta, to delta, back to theta, to rapid eye movement (REM, […]
