title: Adenosine inhibits the NMDA receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic potential in the hippocampus.
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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pharmacology, Gulbenkian Institute of Science, Oeiras, Portugal.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Mendonça
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D015762:2-Chloroadenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione; D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010852:Picrotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015762:2-Chloroadenosine; D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione; D000109:Acetylcholine; D000241:Adenosine; D008274:Magnesium; D010852:Picrotoxin; D011810:Quinoxalines; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate