Dose response effects of theacrine on cognitive performance and subsequent sleep.

ABSTRACT: Psychostimulants can be employed as a countermeasure to cognitive declines resulting from insufficient sleep. Although caffeine is the most consumed psychostimulant, consumption can cause adverse side-effects, including sleep disturbance. Therefore, there is interest in identifying alternative supplements that improve cognitive performance without compromising subsequent sleep. Here we investigate the influence of the dose and timing of theacrine consumption on cognitive performance and subsequent sleep using conditions that replicate a low (100 mg) and high (400 mg) dose consumed in the morning (12 h prior to bedtime), afternoon (eight hours prior to bedtime), and evening (four hours prior to bedtime). We found no significant effect of the low or high theacrine dose on subsequent sleep al

SUBMITTER: Gardiner CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11576848 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature