Potential role of adenosine antagonist therapy in pathological tremor disorders

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-250

  Mally, Judit ^a   Stone, Trevor W ^b  

^a St George University Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adenosine; essential tremor; Parkinson's disease; purines; theophylline; tremor; xanthines

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR; THEOPHYLLINE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREMOR;

ADENOSINE; ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS; BRAIN; CORPUS STRIATUM; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; THEOPHYLLINE; TREMOR; XANTHINES;

EID: 0030463754     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-7258(96)00119-2     Document Type: Review

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