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It consists of an adenosine molecule and three inorganic phosphates. After a simple reaction breaking down ATP to ADP, the energy released from the breaking of a molecular bond is the energy we use to keep ourselves alive.
When your neurons break ATP, there is energy released. But instead of being wasted in a snapping sound, your neurons harness that energy and use it to do all the work that neurons do. What's left over from the breaking of ATP is a molecule called adenosine. As you use more and more energy, the adenosine in your brain builds up.