title: The selective adenosine A2 receptor agonist, CGS 21680, is a potent depressant of cerebral cortical neuronal activity.
abstract: The A2 selective adenosine receptor agonist 2-p-(2-carboxyethyl)phenethylamino-5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (CGS 21680) depressed the spontaneous, acetylcholine- and glutamate-evoked firing of rat cerebral sensorimotor cortical neurons. Iontophoretically applied CGS 21680 was equipotent with adenosine as a depressant and its actions were antagonized by 8-p-sulphophenyltheophylline applied from another barrel of the multibarrelled micropipette. The observation of a potent depressant action of a selective A2 receptor agonist suggests that A2 receptors are involved in the modulation of cerebral cortical neuronal firing by adenosine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Phillis
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000187:drug effects*; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011983:Receptors, Purinergic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013806:Theophylline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010627:Phenethylamines; D011983:Receptors, Purinergic; C061282:2-(4-(2-carboxyethyl)phenethylamino)-5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine; C031433:8-(4-sulfophenyl)theophylline; D013806:Theophylline; D000241:Adenosine