Uyku-Orexin // canavarlar

francis bacon

A nasal spray containing a naturally occurring brain hormone called orexin
reversed the effects of sleep deprivation in monkeys, allowing them to
perform like well-rested monkeys on cognitive tests. The discovery's first
application will probably be in treatment of the severe sleep disorder
narcolepsy.

The treatment is "a totally new route for increasing arousal, and the new
study shows it to be relatively benign," said Jerome Siegel, a professor of
psychiatry at UCLA and a co-author of the paper. "It reduces sleepiness
without causing edginess."

www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/12/sleep_deprivation