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Caffeine intake is associated with lower levels of alpha, beta, and theta brain wave frequencies during sleep, as well as lengthening the time it takes to fall asleep. Additionally, caffeine has been shown to reduce total sleep duration in mice by enhancing their circadian rhythms. Caffeine also lowers sleep quality by reducing the arousal threshold, meaning people are more easily awakened by noise. Adenosine plays a role in regulating the sleep-wake cycle, and caffeine may impact sleep by interfering with adenosine signaling in the brain.

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Caffeine intake is associated with lower levels of alpha, beta, and theta brain wave frequencies during sleep, as well as lengthening the time it takes to fall asleep. Additionally, caffeine has been shown to reduce total sleep duration in mice by enhancing their circadian rhythms. Caffeine also lowers sleep quality by reducing the arousal threshold, meaning people are more easily awakened by noise. Adenosine plays a role in regulating the sleep-wake cycle, and caffeine may impact sleep by interfering with adenosine signaling in the brain.

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Research on caffeine's effect on sleep quality is common because it's an influence that

can be produced in a lab environment with no danger. Alpha, beta, and theta wave

frequencies during sleep are associated with lower caffeine intake (Barry, Clarke,

Johnstone, & Rushby, 2008). It has also been demonstrated that caffeine's attenuating

effect on EEG markers may be the cause of this rather than a drop in wave frequency

(Landolt, 2008). Additionally, caffeine significantly lengthens the time it takes for

sleep to begin (Drake, Jefferson, Roehrs, & Roth, 2006).

According to this research, coffee generally postpones the onset of sleep, including

the time it takes for a person to nod off. Additionally, it has been demonstrated to

enhance mice's circadian rhythms, resulting in a notable reduction in the overall

number of hours that they sleep at night (Oike, Kobori, Suzuki, & Ishida, 2011). In

conclusion, it appears that caffeine largely affects the stability of wakefulness by

reducing people's overall sleep duration and lengthening the time it takes for them to

fall asleep. unconscious (McKim, 2007)

Reduced acoustic emissions from coffee is another way it lowers the quality of sleep.

The quantity of noise necessary to startle someone out of sleep is known as the

arousal threshold. This implies that someone who drinks coffee could discover that

they wake up more frequently during the because of noise that would not typically

wake them at night (McKim, 2007).

Adenosine's function may play a part in caffeine's impact on sleep. An

Adenosine is a homeostatic sleep factor, which means that it has a role in sleep,

according to a Harvard study.


in keeping the body's sleep cycle in its natural state (Basheer, Strecker, Thakkar, &

McCarley, 2004).

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