[John Lane]

John Lane  asked the Naked Scientists:
   
Dr. Chris, firstly I listen to a lot of newbielink:http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/ [nonactive] and yours is
very current, informative and intelligent.  

My question:  is there much knowledge and/or theories about the mechanism that controls sleep?

Cheers
John Lane
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

What do you think?

[Chemistry4me]

Don't know what exactly you are after but have a look at: http://www.sfn.org/skins/main/pdf/brainfacts/2008/sleep.pdf