Coffee: a sniff as good as a sip?

June 16th, 2008 11:07

Wake up and smell the coffee, sleepyhead!New research from Japan has found that a sniff of early-morning Java could be just as effective at waking you up as taking a big old swig.

To aid the experiment, scientists got a bunch of rats and kept them awake all night. Personally, I’m wondering how, but that’s not the point of this story.

The sleepy rodents had reduced levels of mRNA, which are messenger molecules that indicate when a gene is being expressed. The lowered levels were found in eleven of the rats’ genes.

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The more observant of you may have noticed it has been a while since we posted a new story.

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The more observant of you may have noticed it has been a while since we posted a new story.

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