Caffeine and adenosine

JA Ribeiro, AM Sebastiao - Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2010 - content.iospress.com
Caffeine causes most of its biological effects via antagonizing all types of adenosine
receptors (ARs): A1, A2A, A3, and A2B and, as does adenosine, exerts effects on neurons …

Adenosine receptors and the central nervous system

AM Sebastiao, JA Ribeiro - Adenosine receptors in health and disease, 2009 - Springer
The adenosine receptors (ARs) in the nervous system act as a kind of “go-between” to
regulate the release of neurotransmitters (this includes all known neurotransmitters) and the …

Adenosine and inflammation: what's new on the horizon?

L Antonioli, B Csóka, M Fornai, R Colucci, E Kokai… - Drug Discovery …, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Adenosine contributes to tissue integrity by modulating the immune
system.•Adenosine receptor ligands emerged for the management of inflammation.•These …

Impact of coffee and cacao purine metabolites on neuroplasticity and neurodegenerative disease

S Camandola, N Plick, MP Mattson - Neurochemical research, 2019 - Springer
Increasing evidence suggests that regular consumption of coffee, tea and dark chocolate
(cacao) can promote brain health and may reduce the risk of age-related neurodegenerative …

Adenosine receptors and neurological disease: neuroprotection and neurodegeneration

TW Stone, S Ceruti, MP Abbracchio - Adenosine receptors in health and …, 2009 - Springer
Adenosine receptors modulate neuronal and synaptic function in a range of ways that may
make them relevant to the occurrence, development and treatment of brain ischemic …

Dopamine and glutamate in Huntington's disease: a balancing act

VM André, C Cepeda, MS Levine - CNS neuroscience & …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by a CAG repeat expansion in exon 1 of the HD gene
resulting in a long polyglutamine tract in the N‐terminus of the protein huntingtin. Patients …

Adenosine receptor control of cognition in normal and disease

JF Chen - International review of neurobiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Adenosine and adenosine receptors (ARs) are increasingly recognized as important
therapeutic targets for controlling cognition under normal and disease conditions for its dual …

Potential therapeutic interest of adenosine A2A receptors in psychiatric disorders

RA Cunha, S Ferré, JM Vaugeois… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
The interest on targeting adenosine A2A receptors in the realm of psychiatric diseases first
arose based on their tight physical and functional interaction with dopamine D2 receptors …

[HTML][HTML] Huntington's disease and the striatal medium spiny neuron: cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous mechanisms of disease

ME Ehrlich - Neurotherapeutics, 2012 - Elsevier
Huntington's disease is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by a mutation in the gene
encoding the protein huntingtin on chromosome 4. The mutation is an expanded CAG …

[HTML][HTML] Purinergic receptors in cognitive disturbances

P Illes, H Ulrich, JF Chen, Y Tang - Neurobiology of Disease, 2023 - Elsevier
Purinergic receptors (Rs) of the ATP/ADP, UTP/UDP (P2X, P2Y) and adenosine (A1, A2A)-
sensitive classes broadly interfere with cognitive processes both under quasi normal and …