just ask us.(questions on sleep, gray hair, nervous breakdowns and other topics)(Brief Article)

Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication | November 1, 2000 | Copyright

Q How do we fall asleep?

Students at Good Shepherd School, Kingston, NY

A Your question ties in with this month's cover story because it's your brain that puts you to sleep. The following explanation comes from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: Nerve-signaling chemicals called neurotransmitters control whether we are asleep or awake by acting on different groups of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain. Neurons in the brain stem, which connects the brain with the spinal cord, produce neurotransmitters such as serotonin and ...

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