Adenosine is considered an important modulator of the nervous system acting at pre-, post-, and nonsynaptic levels. In models (e.g. the rat neuromuscular junction) where adenosine has only presynaptic (inhibitory, which are Al-receptor mediated; and excitatory, which are A2~-receptor mediated) effec
Adenosine and synaptic plasticity
✍ Scribed by Alexandre de Mendonça; Joachim A. Ribeiro
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 117 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0272-4391
- DOI
- 10.1002/ddr.1125
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