Salts in the brain control our sleep-wake cycle

A new epoch-making discovery has been made, which may prove decisive to future brain research. The level of salts in the brain plays a critical role in whether we are asleep or awake. This discovery may be of great importance to research on psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia and convulsive fits from lack of sleep as well as post-anaesthetization confusion, according to experts.

Originally published at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160429095142.htm