Browsing UJI: Investigación 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. ...