Question

____ first investigated the neural components regulating the brain's sleep-wake mechanisms in 1949

Answer 1

The answer is Walter Hess

Hess manipulated the diancephalon of the brain of cats by inserting metal rods in the hypothalamus regions of the brain, where the diencephalon is located, and passing electrical current through the rods to the brain region. He noticed that the cats, among other complex behavioral changes, would curl up and sleep.