Caffeine: cognitive and physical performance enhancer or psychoactive drug?

S Cappelletti, P Daria, G Sani… - Current …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Caffeine use is increasing worldwide. The underlying motivations are mainly concentration
and memory enhancement and physical performance improvement. Coffee and caffeine …

DSM-5 criteria for substance use disorders: recommendations and rationale

DS Hasin, CP O'brien, M Auriacombe… - American Journal of …, 2013 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Since DSM-IV was published in 1994, its approach to substance use disorders has come
under scrutiny. Strengths were identified (notably, reliability and validity of dependence), but …

Health effects of energy drinks on children, adolescents, and young adults

SM Seifert, JL Schaechter, ER Hershorin… - Pediatrics, 2011 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To review the effects, adverse consequences, and extent of energy drink
consumption among children, adolescents, and young adults. METHODS: We searched …

Actions of caffeine in the brain with special reference to factors that contribute to its widespread use

BB Fredholm, K Bättig, J Holmén, A Nehlig… - Pharmacological …, 1999 - ASPET
Caffeine is the most widely consumed behaviorally active substance in the world. Almost all
caffeine comes from dietary sources (beverages and food), most of it from coffee and tea …

Caffeinated energy drinks—a growing problem

CJ Reissig, EC Strain, RR Griffiths - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2009 - Elsevier
Since the introduction of Red Bull in Austria in 1987 and in the United States in 1997, the
energy drink market has grown exponentially. Hundreds of different brands are now …

Effects of caffeine on human health

P Nawrot, S Jordan, J Eastwood, J Rotstein… - Food Additives & …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Caffeine is probably the most frequently ingested pharmacologically active substance in the
world. It is found in common beverages (coffee, tea, soft drinks), in products containing …

The perils of ignoring history: Big Tobacco played dirty and millions died. How similar is Big Food?

KD Brownell, KE Warner - The Milbank Quarterly, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Context: In 1954 the tobacco industry paid to publish the “Frank Statement to Cigarette
Smokers” in hundreds of US newspapers. It stated that the public's health was the industry's …

[HTML][HTML] Caffeine consumption through coffee: Content in the beverage, metabolism, health benefits and risks

J dePaula, A Farah - Beverages, 2019 - mdpi.com
Caffeine (1, 3, 7-trimethylxanthine) is the most consumed psychoactive substance in the
world, acting by means of antagonism to adenosine receptors, mainly A1 and A2A. Coffee is …

[HTML][HTML] Adenosine receptors and brain diseases: neuroprotection and neurodegeneration

CV Gomes, MP Kaster, AR Tomé, PM Agostinho… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2011 - Elsevier
Adenosine acts in parallel as a neuromodulator and as a homeostatic modulator in the
central nervous system. Its neuromodulatory role relies on a balanced activation of inhibitory …

A critical review of caffeine withdrawal: empirical validation of symptoms and signs, incidence, severity, and associated features

LM Juliano, RR Griffiths - Psychopharmacology, 2004 - Springer
Rationale Although reports of caffeine withdrawal in the medical literature date back more
than 170 years, the most rigorous experimental investigations of the phenomenon have …