There are certain questions that doctors and scientists have been trying to answer for some time, and one of them is: What exactly controls our sleep/awake cycle in our brains?
There has been quite a few studies done to understand that mechanism. The main purpose of the studies was to find out the exact reason for sleep disorders and why they happen on the first place.
It has been discovered, that there are separate mechanisms that are affecting these cycles, one is a sleep cycle, and another is responsible for wakefulness.
Provigil treats sleep disorders by increasing the wakefulness level in people.

