Nitric oxide in the nervous system: biochemical, developmental, and neurobiological aspects

M Cossenza, R Socodato, CC Portugal, ICL Domith… - Vitamins & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) is a very reactive molecule, and its short half-life would make it virtually
invisible until its discovery. NO activates soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC), increasing 3′, 5 …

Current therapeutic targets and multifaceted physiological impacts of caffeine

X Song, N Kirtipal, S Lee, P Malý… - Phytotherapy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Caffeine, which shares consubstantial structural similarity with purine adenosine, has been
demonstrated as a nonselective adenosine receptor antagonist for eliciting most of the …

[HTML][HTML] Caffeine preferentially protects against oxygen-induced retinopathy

S Zhang, R Zhou, B Li, H Li, C Wang… - … & Visual Science, 2017 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: The clinical observation of the reduced severity of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
in premature infants after caffeine treatment for sleep apnea raises an exciting possibility …

Retinotectal plasticity induced by monocular enucleation during the critical period is dependent of A2a adenosine receptor: a possible role of astrocytes

AL Tavares-Gomes, B Teixeira-Silva… - Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The retinotectal topography of rats develops within the first three postnatal weeks during the
critical period. Previous studies have shown that monocular enucleation results in plasticity …

The fine tuning of retinocollicular topography depends on reelin signaling during early postnatal development of the rat visual system

R Antonioli-Santos, B Lanzillotta-Mattos… - Neuroscience, 2017 - Elsevier
During postnatal development, neural circuits are extremely dynamic and develop precise
connection patterns that emerge as a result of the elimination of synaptic terminals, a …

[PDF][PDF] Emerging Roles For Adenosine In Nervous System Plasticity

H Rocha-Mendonça, VG Goulart, MB de Carvalho… - 2015 - academia.edu
Adenosine is an important modulator of the central nervous system (CNS) that acts mainly
by A1 (A1AR) and A2a (A2aAR) receptors, which are found in neurons and glial cells, and …