What Caffeine ☕ Does to Your Brain 🧠

A Neuroscientist Explains
☕ What Caffeine Does to Your Brain 🧠

Neuroscience candidate Shannon Odell takes us through exactly what's going on in your brain as you drink caffeine. 
Before we get started, make sure you're good and caffeinated so you can follow along.

Humans have been drinking the stuff for thousands of years, and it's actually the most regularly consumed psychoactive drug in the world. It's a psychostimulant that stimulates the CNS. you know, kinda like cocaine, meth, and Ritalin. But it's not a drug of abuse since it's only a mild stimulant.

How does caffeine keep us awake?

Hanan Qasim

Over 100,000 metric tons of caffeine are consumed around the world every year. That’s equivalent to the weight of 14 Eiffel Towers! Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, and energetic, even if we haven’t had enough sleep — but it can also raise our blood pressure and make us feel anxious. So how does it keep us awake? Hanan Qasim shares the science behind the world’s most widely used drug.

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Happy coffee drinking!!