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Abstract
Intracellular recording was used to study the effect of adenosine (3-100 microM) on rat locus coeruleus (LC) neurons in a brain slice preparation. Bath application of adenosine (100 microM) reduced the rate of spontaneous firing in 88% of LC neurons. In some LC neurons adenosine also caused membrane hyperpolarization (2-10 mV) and reductions in input resistance of 9-24%. Adenosine effects were dose-dependent and antagonized by the adenosine receptor antagonist theophylline.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3008912 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(86)91320-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252