Mechanisms of the psychostimulant effects of caffeine: implications for substance use disorders
Mechanisms of the psychostimulant effects of caffeine: implications for substance use disorders
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The psychostimulant properties of caffeine are reviewed and compared with those of prototypical psychostimulants able to cause substance use disorders (SUD). Caffeine produces psychomotor-activating, reinforcing, and arousing effects, which depend on its ability to disinhibit the brake that endogenous adenosine imposes on the ascendin...
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Mechanisms of the psychostimulant effects of caffeine: implications for substance use disorders
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4846529
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4846529
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0033-3158
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1432-2072
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10.1007/s00213-016-4212-2
