title: Effects of adenosine on synaptic transmission in hippocampal slices from hibernating and warm-acclimated Turkish hamsters and rats.
abstract: The effects of adenosine on synaptic transmission were studied with extracellular recordings of stimulus-induced population action potentials in area CA1 of hippocampal slices prepared from hibernating (HH) and warm-acclimated Turkish hamsters (WH) and rats. In HH as well as WH and rat slices, adenosine generally reduced the population spike amplitude and the slope of the field EPSP. The sensitivity for adenosine was significantly lower in HH slices than in WH and rat slices. The results are discussed with regard to the involvement of endogenous adenosine in the regulation of neuronal activity during entrance into and arousal from hibernation.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Universität zu Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Spangenberger
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Nikmanesh
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Igelmund
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000241:Adenosine