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Abstract
The effect of the stable adenosine analogue 2-chloroadenosine (CADO) on the component of the field excitatory postsynaptic potential (fepsp) mediated by the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) type of glutamate receptor was studied in the hippocampal CA1 area of the rat. CADO inhibited the NMDA receptor-mediated component of the fepsp (EC50 = 0.10 +/- 0.02 microM), more efficiently than it inhibited the fepsp (EC50 = 0.40 +/- 0.08 microM). The results suggest that adenosine may modulate phenomena associated with the NMDA receptor, such as synaptic plasticity and excitotoxicity.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8098255 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)91007-f
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252