Caffeine is a purinergic antagonist that competitively inhibits adenosine at the sites of P1 receptors.
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Adenosine
//əˈdɛnəˌsin//
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17 translations across 17 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 腺苷 noun (nucleoside)
Czech
1 entries- adenozin noun (nucleoside)
Dutch
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Finnish
1 entries- adenosiini noun (nucleoside)
French
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German
1 entries- Adenosin noun (nucleoside)
Greek
1 entries- αδενοσίνη noun (nucleoside)
Indonesian
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Italian
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Malay
1 entries- adenosina noun (nucleoside)
Persian
1 entries- آدنوزین noun (nucleoside)
Polish
1 entries- adenozyna noun (nucleoside)
Portuguese
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Spanish
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Swedish
1 entries- adenosin noun (nucleoside)
Turkish
1 entries- adenozin noun (nucleoside)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ađênôzin noun (nucleoside)
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Caffeine acts as an antagonist at receptors in the brain for one of the chemical messengers called adenosine.
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Think of adenosine as a chemical barometer that continuously registers the amount of elapsed time since you woke up this morning.
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SAM: Readings confirmed. Based on the levels of adenosine in your system, the neural implant is functioning properly.
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