Caffeine’s Hidden Brain Impact

A Beijing sophomore, Sophia Zeng, is unraveling how caffeine reshapes developing brains—discovering it shrinks neural networks in lab rats and stunts key brain-development genes in young zebrafish, while adults react differently. Her findings, sparked by personal headaches from stopping caffeine, reveal caffeine’s hidden power to alter gene activity—and why teens might feel its effects more intensely than adults. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/d3173e2ef6d01fa3