Caffeine's Impact on the Brain: The Neuroscience Behind Your Morning Boost

Ever wondered how caffeine keeps you awake, alert, and motivated? Discover the science behind this amazing molecule and how it affects your brain! In this video, I dive into the world of dopamine and uncover the unique way caffeine enhances dopamine signaling. Learn the surprising link between caffeine and other addictive substances, and how this mind-boosting compound can be both a friend and foe. Let’s explore the fascinating world of #caffeine! Please support this channel by signing up for Sense of Mind's Patreon and get bonus content every month: https://www.patreon.com/senseofmind - Access to exclusive monthly livestreams - Written (blog post) versions of all new videos, including this one! -- Chapters: 00:00 What is caffeine? How does it work? 00:54 Dopamine - How psychostimulants work 02:42 How caffeine affects the brain's dopamine system 04:32 How does caffeine keep us awake and inhibit sleep? 06:02 The Dark Side - Why caffeine can accelerate addiction 07:16 Caffeine has benefits and is safe in normal doses 08:37 The main source for this video - Ferre, 2016 09:02 Summary 10:04 How to support Sense of Mind -- Sources: - Ferré, S. (2016). Mechanisms of the psychostimulant effects of caffeine: implications for substance use disorders. Psychopharmacology, 233, 1963-1979. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4846529/ - Chen, C., Lin, Y., Cai, F., Li, J., Li, H., & Li, X. (2022). Adenosine Downregulates the Activities of Glutamatergic Neurons in the Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus Required for Sleep. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16. - Cornelis, M. C. (2019). The impact of caffeine and coffee on human health. Nutrients, 11(2), 416. - Mohebi, A., Pettibone, J. R., Hamid, A. A., Wong, J. M. T., Vinson, L. T., Patriarchi, T., ... & Berke, J. D. (2019). Dissociable dopamine dynamics for learning and motivation. Nature, 570(7759), 65-70. -- Don't forget to subscribe to this channel: @senseofmindshow And check out the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense-of-mind/id1603691298 Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/senseofmind Follow Sense of Mind on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sense.ofmind/ -- All music used under a Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) Hold Me by LiQWYD | https://www.liqwydmusic.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Over by LiQWYD | https://www.liqwydmusic.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US -- All graphics and images obtained from scientific articles have been credited in the video and/or in the above list of references. All are licensed under either CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US) or CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en_US) Wikipedia images: All wikipedia images have been credited in the video and all are licensed under either CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US) or CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en_US) All B-roll comes from either https://www.storyblocks.com/ (using the appropriate purchased license) or from https://www.pexels.com/ All other images are property of Andrew Cooper-Sansone --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/senseofmind/support