Increase in the number, G protein coupling, and efficiency of facilitatory adenosine A(2A) receptors in the limbic cortex, but not striatum, of aged rats

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1733-1738

  Lopes, Luísa V ^a   Cunha, Rodrigo A ^a,b   Ribeiro, J A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Adenosine receptors; Aging; Cyclic AMP; Hippocampus; Striatum

Indexed keywords

2 [4 (2 CARBOXYETHYL)PHENETHYLAMINO]ADENOSINE 5' (N ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); 4 [2 [7 AMINO 2 (2 FURYL) 1,2,4 TRIAZOLO[2,3 A][1,3,5]TRIAZIN 5 YLAMINO]ETHYL]PHENOL; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANYLYLIMIDODIPHOSPHATE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; REACTION ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ADENOSINE; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYCLIC AMP; DENTATE GYRUS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; KINETICS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENETHYLAMINES; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A2A; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; TRIAZINES; TRIAZOLES; TRITIUM;

EID: 0032863555     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.731733.x     Document Type: Article

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