Chronic caffeine exposure enhances adenosinergic inhibition of cerebral cortical neurons |
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Authors: | Yu Lin and J.W. Phillis |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Chronic administration of caffeine (s.c. for a period of 14 days in escalating doses of 10–70 mg/kg) increased the sensitivity of rat cerebral cortical neurons to the inhibitory action of microiontophoretically applied adenosine. The sensitivity of spontaneously firing rat cerebral cortical neurons in caffeine-treated animals was compared with that of saline-treated controls using the same multiple-barrel micropepettes tested on the same day. Adenosine sensitivity was determined by the I·T50 method. The I·T50 value for 134 neurons in the caffeine-treated rats of 130.77 ± 4.33 (S.E.M.) was significantly (P < 0.001) different to that of 136 neurons in the saline-treated control rats (222.16 ± 6.68), indicating a supersensitivity to adenosine in neurons which had been chronically exposed to caffeine. |
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Keywords: | Chronic caffeine Adenosine Inhibition Up-regulation Cerebral cortex |
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