The Role of the Adenosine System on Emotional and Cognitive Disturbances Induced by Ethanol Binge Drinking in the Immature Brain and the Beneficial Effects of Caffeine

• Main Authors: Bruno Gonçalves Pinheiro (Author), Diandra Araújo Luz (Author), Sabrina de Carvalho Cartágenes (Author), Luanna de Melo Pereira Fernandes (Author), Sarah Viana Farias (Author), Natália Harumi Correa Kobayashi (Author), Enéas Andrade Fontes-Júnior (Author), Samira G. Ferreira (Author), Rodrigo A. Cunha (Author), Rui Daniel Prediger (Author), Cristiane do Socorro Ferraz Maia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Binge drinking intake is the most common pattern of ethanol consumption by adolescents, which elicits emotional disturbances, mainly anxiety and depressive symptoms, as well as cognitive alterations. Ethanol exposure may act on the adenosine neuromodulation system by increasing adenosine levels, con...