Caffeine and fruit flies_01 (IMAGE)

University of Texas at El Paso

Caffeine and fruit flies_01

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Paul Sabandal, Ph.D., co-author of a new paper in iScience and research assistant professor in UTEP’s Department of Biological Sciences, examines fruit flies under a microscope. The paper examines nighttime caffeine consumption in fruit flies and how it can increase impulsive behavior, potentially leading to reckless actions.

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