Sleep switch found in fruit flies

Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

Rather than count sheep, drink warm milk or listen to soothing music, many insomniacs probably wish for a switch they could flick to put themselves to sleep. Scientists have discovered such a switch in the brains of fruit flies.

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