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    Repeated caffeine intake suppresses cerebral grey matter responses to chronic sleep restriction in an A1 adenosine receptor-dependent manner: a double-blind randomized controlled study with PET-MRI

    Evidence has shown that both sleep loss and daily caffeine intake can induce changes in grey matter (GM). Caffeine is frequently used to combat sleepiness and impaired performance caused by insufficient sleep....

    Yu-Shiuan Lin, Denise Lange, Diego Manuel Baur, Anna Foerges in Scientific Reports (2024)

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    Dorsal striatal dopamine induces fronto-cortical hypoactivity and attenuates anxiety and compulsive behaviors in rats

    Dorsal striatal dopamine transmission engages the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) circuit, which is implicated in many neuropsychiatric diseases, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Yet it i...

    Agata Casado-Sainz, Frederik Gudmundsen, Simone L. Baerentzen in Neuropsychopharmacology (2022)

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    To what extent is clearcutting vegetation detrimental to the interactions between ants and Bignoniaceae in a Brazilian savanna?

    Anthropogenic disturbances decrease the resources available to ants and simplify the ant fauna. This could affect ant–plant interactions, especially if key-species disappear. In terms of conservation, disturba...

    Estevao Alves-Silva, Diego Anjos, Alexandra Bächtold in Journal of Insect Conservation (2020)

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    The Complex Ant–Plant Relationship Within Tropical Ecological Networks

    The tools involved in the study of ecological networks are relatively new and very useful to improve the knowledge about communities, biodiversity, and their conservation. In many tropical habitats, ants form ...

    Kleber Del-Claro, Denise Lange in Ecological Networks in the Tropics (2018)