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Article: A Molecule Named DARPP-32 Is Powerful Performer In Caffeine's Little-Known Psychostimulation.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Science Editor
Does it sometimes seem that there are more coffee bars on every corner these days than pubs and service stations combined? What used to be a wake-up mug of java has now been transmogrified into an array of designer coffees - from cappuccinos to lattes to mochas to espressos to doppio espressos.
Aficionados of the coffee cult worship it as a harmless beverage, not to be consumed in excess by pregnant mothers. Its active ingredient, caffeine, is recognized as a benign psychostimulant. "Caffeine has been imbibed since ancient times in tea and coffee, and more recently in colas," observed neuroscientist Gilberto Fisone, at the Karolinska ...