Preferential activation of excitatory adenosine receptors at rat hippocampal and neuromuscular synapses by adenosine formed from released adenine nucleotides

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-260

  Cunha, Rodrigo A ^a   Correia de Sá, Paulo ^b   Sebastião, Ana M ^a   Ribeiro, J Alexandre ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine release; Adenosine; Adenosine receptors; Ecto nucleotidases; Hippocampus; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

3,7 DIMETHYL 1 PROPARGYLXANTHINE; 5' NUCLEOTIDASE; 8 CYCLOPENTYL 1,3 DIPROPYLXANTHINE; ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029844019     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15979.x     Document Type: Article

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