2007-06-12 18:14:49 · 5 answers · asked by cb 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Sleeping pills are a type of sedative that work on your central nervous system, which consist of your brain and spinal cord. The most likely effect is that the chemicals in the pills, called neurotransmitters, probably inactivate or activate certain pathways in your nerve cells to induce sleep.
2007-06-12 18:26:03 · answer #1 · answered by WooYa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different sleeping pills have different mechanisms, but most simply affect the brain in some way, making the person who takes them sleepy.
2007-06-13 01:18:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a sleeping pill being a sedative, depresses the central nervous system resulting in calmness, relaxation and sleepiness.
2007-06-13 02:16:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well our nerve cells the Nurons get tired by doing a lot of daily activities of sending messages to the brain...
the brian too get tired as it acts as transmitter and reciever of those messages.
the sleeping pills just relax the nurons and the person feeeeel relaxed and sleepy...thats all
2007-06-13 02:19:03 · answer #4 · answered by Aleemi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticular_formation
http://www.csusm.edu/DandB/Sedatives.html
2007-06-13 04:57:49 · answer #5 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋