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The brain is [[Neurochemistry|neurochemical]] in nature, meaning it is part ''electric'' and part ''chemical''. When these systems combine to provide brain function they work like hiking trails; the pathways that get a lot of traffic get smoother and wider, with brush stomped down and pushed back. The neural pathways that sit unused grow over, becoming less likely to be used. Your brain uses the more accessible pathways as it takes [[Energy frugal brain|lower energy]] to do so.

Caffeine

=== Caffeine ===

There is preliminary data<ref>'''Chronic caffeine consumption curbs rTMS-induced plasticity.''' Megan Vigne, Neuromodulation Research Facility, TMS Clinic, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI, United States. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States. Accessed via: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1137681/full</ref> highlighting that chronic caffeine use could limit learning or plasticity, including rTMS effectiveness.

There is preliminary data<ref>'''Chronic caffeine consumption curbs rTMS-induced plasticity.''' Megan Vigne, Neuromodulation Research Facility, TMS Clinic, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI, United States. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States. Accessed via: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1137681/full</ref> ~~highlight a need to directly test the effects of caffeine in prospective well-powered studies, because in theory, they suggest~~ that chronic caffeine use could limit learning or plasticity, including rTMS effectiveness.

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 The brain is [[Neurochemistry|neurochemical]] in nature, meaning it is part ''electric'' and part ''chemical''. When these systems combine to provide brain function they work like hiking trails; the pathways that get a lot of traffic get smoother and wider, with brush stomped down and pushed back. The neural pathways that sit unused grow over, becoming less likely to be used. Your brain uses the more accessible pathways as it takes [[Energy frugal brain|lower energy]] to do so.
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+=== Caffeine ===
+There is preliminary data<ref>'''Chronic caffeine consumption curbs rTMS-induced plasticity.''' Megan Vigne, Neuromodulation Research Facility, TMS Clinic, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI, United States. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States. Accessed via: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1137681/full</ref> highlighting that chronic caffeine use could limit learning or plasticity, including rTMS effectiveness.
-There is preliminary data<ref>'''Chronic caffeine consumption curbs rTMS-induced plasticity.''' Megan Vigne, Neuromodulation Research Facility, TMS Clinic, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI, United States. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States. Accessed via: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1137681/full</ref> highlight a need to directly test the effects of caffeine in prospective well-powered studies, because in theory, they suggest that chronic caffeine use could limit learning or plasticity, including rTMS effectiveness.
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