New research shows that sleep loss alters specific memory circuits, but also hints that a familiar compound may help restore them in unexpected ways.
Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore have found that caffeine may counteract the effects of sleep deprivation on social memory by acting on a specific brain pathway.
Social memory allows people to recognize and distinguish familiar individuals. The study, published in Neuropsychopharmacology, sheds light on how caffeine influences memory and cognitive performance.
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