date:Oct 15, 2012
cine and a member of the U of Is Division of Nutritional Sciences.
Freunds team examined the effects of caffeine on memory formation in two groups of miceone group given caffeine, the other receiving none. The two groups were then exposed to hypoxia, simulating what happens in the brain during an interruption of breathing or blood flow, and then allowed to recover.
The caffeine-treated mice recovered their ability to form a new memory 33% faster than the non-caffeine-treated mice. In fact, caf