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Is matcha a stimulant or depressant?

Is matcha a stimulant or depressant? Matcha tea powder exerts antidepressant-like effect by activating the PFC-NAc-VTA circuit (dopaminergic system) in response to the mental states of mice. The depression state differs in strains of mice subjected to social isolation stress. Matcha tea powder exerts an antidepressant-like effect in C57BL/6J mice. Frame explains that matcha’s potential

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