Coffee and Dopamine
Caffeine makes the brain more sensitive to dopamine, but it doesn't actually increase levels of the chemical in the brain. In a 2002 study, scientists at the US National Institute on Drug Abuse gave caffeine to rats and then looked at the key brain structure involved in dependence. They found an increase in dopamine
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