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Caffeine is a nervous system stimulant. It acts
on the nervous system to stimulate heart rate
and other bodily functions. This has the effect of
making you feel alert, and awake. However, this effect
is usually short lived.
If you would like to go more in to depth about the
actions of caffeine, here are some URL's. One
even cites the Merck Index, so it is very good.
http://www.cs.ruu.nl/
wais/html/na-dir/caffeine-faq.html
http://
www.infoseek.com/Caffeine?lk=noframes&svx=
related
Feel free to let me know if you have any more
questions as you read.
-Jeff
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