Browsing by Keyword "Caffeine"
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Caffeine and Selective Adenosine Receptor Antagonists as New Therapeutic Tools for the Motivational Symptoms of Depression
Frontiers Media (2018-06-01)Major depressive disorder is one of the most common and debilitating psychiatric disorders. Some of the motivational symptoms of depression, such anergia (lack of self-reported energy) and fatigue are relatively resistant ... -
Caffeine modulates voluntary alcohol intake in mice depending on theaccess conditions: Involvement of adenosine receptors and the role of individual differences
Elsevier (2019)Caffeine is the most consumed psychoactive stimulant and the main active ingredient of energy drinks.Epidemiology studies have shown a positive correlation between the consumption of energy drinks and that ofethanol. The ... -
Dopamine depletion shifts behavior from activity based reinforcers tomore sedentary ones and adenosine receptor antagonism reversesthat shift: Relation to ventral striatum DARPP32 phosphorylationpatterns
Elsevier (2018)The mesolimbic dopamine (DA) system plays a critical role in behavioral activation and effort-baseddecision-making. DA depletion produces anergia (shifts to low effort options) in animals tested oneffort-based decision-making ... -
Involvement of adenosinergic and dopaminergic systems in the regulation of alcohol or sucrose intake: studies in rodent models of self-administration
Universitat Jaume I (2017-07-18)Caffeine is a methylxanthine that acts as a nonselective adenosine antagonist, binding to adenosine A1 and A2A receptor subtypes. This substance is highly present in different beverages like coffee, tea and in energy drinks. ... -
Theoretical review: Effect of caffeine intake on food consumption patterns and body weight gain
Universitat Jaume I (2017)This study constitutes a theoretical review about the effect of caffeine intake in humans and animals. Before explain some peculiarities about the caffeine and add some information about the impact on the organism and ...