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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2010 Caffeine has a variety of pharmacological effects; it is a weak bronchodilator and it also reduces respiratory muscle fatigue. It is chemically related to the drug theophylline which is used to treat asthma. It has been suggested that caffeine may reduce asthma symptoms and interest has been expressed in its potential role as an asthma treatment.
Welsh, Emma J. +3 more
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Caffeine as an opioid analgesic adjuvant in fibromyalgia
Journal of Pain Research, 2017 J Ryan Scott,1 Afton L Hassett,1 Chad M Brummett,1 Richard E Harris,1,2 Daniel J Clauw,1,2 Steven E Harte1,2 1Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University ...
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Effects of caffeine on sleep quality and daytime functioning
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2018 Frances O’Callaghan,1 Olav Muurlink,2,3 Natasha Reid4 1School of Applied Psychology, Griffith Health, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, Australia; 2School of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; 3Griffith ...
O'Callaghan F, Muurlink O, Reid N
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Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2010 Caffeine causes most of its biological effects via antagonizing all types of adenosine receptors (ARs): A1, A2A, A3, and A2B and, as does adenosine, exerts effects on neurons and glial cells of all brain areas. In consequence, caffeine, when acting as an AR antagonist, is doing the opposite of activation of adenosine receptors due to removal of ...
Ribeiro, Joaquim A., Sebastião, Ana M
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Gels, 2016 Caffeine (a stimulant) and ethanol (a depressant) may have opposite effects in our body, but under in vitro conditions they can “gel” together. Caffeine, being one of the widely used stimulants, continued to surprise the scientific community with its unprecedented biological, medicinal and physicochemical properties.
Kolehmainen, Erkki, Nonappa, Nonappa
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Excess caffeine exposure impairs eye development during chick embryogenesis [PDF]
, 2014 Caffeine has been an integral component of our diet and medicines for centuries. It is now known that over consumption of caffeine has detrimental effects on our health, and also disrupts normal foetal development in pregnant mothers.
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Cerebral blood flow and behavioural effects of caffeine in habitual and non-habitual consumers of caffeine: A near infrared spectroscopy study [PDF]
, 2011 Caffeine has been shown to modulate cerebral blood flow, with little evidence of tolerance to these effects following habitual use. However, previous studies have focused on caffeine levels much higher than those found in dietary servings and have ...
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Caffeine Inhibits EGF-Stimulated Trophoblast Cell Motility through the Inhibition of mTORC2 and Akt. [PDF]
, 2012 Impaired trophoblast invasion is associated with pregnancy disorders such as early pregnancy loss and preeclampsia. There is evidence to suggest that the consumption of caffeine during pregnancy may increase the risk of pregnancy loss; however, little is
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Journal of Caffeine Research, 2017 Many people avidly consume foods and drinks containing caffeine, despite its bitter taste. Here, we review what is known about caffeine as a bitter taste stimulus. Topics include caffeine's action on the canonical bitter taste receptor pathway and caffeine's action on noncanonical receptor-dependent and -independent pathways in taste cells.
Rachel L, Poole, Michael G, Tordoff
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A double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the effects of caffeine and L-theanine both alone and in combination on cerebral blood flow, cognition and mood [PDF]
, 2015 Rationale -Evidence suggests interactive effects of the tea components caffeine and L-theanine on behaviour, yet no data exists exploring the impact of the two on cerebral blood flow (CBF).
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