Many get a charge of vivacity, drinking coffee, thanks to the high content of caffeine and its unique taste, but it turns out even the flavor of this drink is able to have beneficial effects on brain cells, scientists say.

Scientists have conducted a study in which they demonstrated how drinking coffee and inhaling its odor can affect brain function. The experiment was performed in rats. Specialists have studied how the coffee smell affects the brain of adult male rats that have been subjected to sleep restriction for a long time and to the brains of rats who have slept enough hours. Then the obtained data were compared to the results of animals not exposed to coffee, according to the Internet edition for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. Net It turned out that rats with limited sleep time and smelling of coffee showed different levels of activity in 17 brain regions.

Also in the brain of rats, the concentration of some proteins that contribute to reducing stress due to lack of sleep has changed.

Scientists came to the conclusion that coffee causes stress in the body, which leads to a loss of sleep. Perhaps it is better to just inhale the aroma of coffee, which has an anti-stress effect on the body, but experts can not yet unequivocally answer this question. Further research is planned in this area.

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