9.12.05

How coffee affects your memory

"Caffeine is known to influence adenosine receptors which are found throughout the brain on nerve cells and blood vessels. It is thought that the drug inhibits these receptors and that this excites the nerve cells in the brain. “This may be the mechanism involved,” suggests Koppelstätter"

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Influence in a good way or a bad way?

Cameron said...

Uh...I forget.

;-)

(Caffeine actually improves memory by exciting the nerve cells in the brain).