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What Caffeine does
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to your CNS
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How Does Caffeine Affect
the Central Nervous
System? (CNS)
S. Fowler, P. K. Thanos, C. Wong, V. Casado, S.
By: Meredith Casimes
How you get “the jitters”
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-It has the ability to imitate
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-The neurons are now being directed by
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-Caffeine causes neurons to fire more
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-The neurons send energy signals
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throughout the body
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-This increases your brain’s energy
metabolism
-It activates the noradrenaline neurons
-Noradrenaline neurons mobilize the
brain and body for action
Negative Cognitions of too much
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Caffeine’s impact on
Caffeine: An Overview
adenosine
-Chemically known as 1, 3, 7 trimethylxanthine
-Adenosine is a compound of adenine and ribose
found throughout the body
-Temporarily makes you feel more
awake/energetic
-In the brain it is an inhibitory neurotransmitter;
-It is a stimulant of the methylxanthine class
meaning it promotes sleep and surpresses arousal
-The maximum amount you can consume per
Effects of caffeine binding to receptors
day is 400 mg
-It imitates the adenosine and binds to its
receptors
-Increases the neural activity in the brain
-Side effects can include headaches caused by
-It blocks adenosine so it cannot affect the central
nervous system
lack of blood flow to brain
-On average it will stay in the body for up to
4 hours
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-It can now prevent the adenosine from binding
to
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-It can be found in tea, sodas, coffee, and
energy drinks
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