
Caffeine affects the circadian body clock - Sleep on it
Karyn O'Keeffe • Sep 22, 2015 •
It has long been known that drinking coffee close to bedtime can increase the time that it takes to fall asleep and change the structure of our sleep. It was thought that these effects were primarily mediated through caffeine’s alerting properties; it binds adenosine receptors which causes the release of excitatory neurotransmitters. Research published this month in Science Translational Medicine by … Read More