Caffeine, adenosine receptors, and synaptic plasticity

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Main Author: Costenla, Ana Rita
Publication Date: 2010
Other Authors: Cunha, Rodrigo A., De Mendonça, Alexandre
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/6253
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spelling Caffeine, adenosine receptors, and synaptic plasticityA2A receptorsAdenosineCaffeineLong-term potentiationHippocampusSynaptic plasticityCopyright ©2012 IOS Press All rights reserved.Few studies to date have looked at the effects of caffeine on synaptic plasticity, and those that did used very high concentrations of caffeine, whereas the brain concentrations attained by regular coffee consumption in humans should be in the low micromolar range, where caffeine exerts pharmacological actions mainly by antagonizing adenosine receptors. Accordingly, rats drinking caffeine (1 g/L) for 3 weeks, displayed a concentration of caffeine of circa 22 μM in the hippocampus. It is known that selective adenosine A1 receptor antagonists facilitate, whereas selective adenosine A2A receptor antagonists attenuate, long term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus. Although caffeine is a non-selective antagonist of adenosine receptors, it attenuates frequency-induced LTP in hippocampal slices in a manner similar to selective adenosine A2A receptor antagonists. These effects of low micromolar concentration of caffeine (30 μM) are maintained in aged animals, which is important when a possible beneficial effect for caffeine in age-related cognitive decline is proposed. Future studies will still be required to confirm and detail the involvement of A1 and A2A receptors in the effects of caffeine on hippocampal synaptic plasticity, using both pharmacological and genetic approaches.The work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Fundação Oriente.IOS PressRepositório da Universidade de LisboaCostenla, Ana RitaCunha, Rodrigo A.De Mendonça, Alexandre2012-05-09T13:23:15Z20102010-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/6253engJournal of Alzheimer’s Disease 20 (2010) S25–S341387-2877info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2025-03-17T12:52:54Zoai:repositorio.ulisboa.pt:10451/6253Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-29T02:30:06.116102Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Caffeine, adenosine receptors, and synaptic plasticity
title Caffeine, adenosine receptors, and synaptic plasticity
spellingShingle Caffeine, adenosine receptors, and synaptic plasticity
Costenla, Ana Rita
A2A receptors
Adenosine
Caffeine
Long-term potentiation
Hippocampus
Synaptic plasticity
title_short Caffeine, adenosine receptors, and synaptic plasticity
title_full Caffeine, adenosine receptors, and synaptic plasticity
title_fullStr Caffeine, adenosine receptors, and synaptic plasticity
title_full_unstemmed Caffeine, adenosine receptors, and synaptic plasticity
title_sort Caffeine, adenosine receptors, and synaptic plasticity
author Costenla, Ana Rita
author_facet Costenla, Ana Rita
Cunha, Rodrigo A.
De Mendonça, Alexandre
author_role author
author2 Cunha, Rodrigo A.
De Mendonça, Alexandre
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Costenla, Ana Rita
Cunha, Rodrigo A.
De Mendonça, Alexandre
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv A2A receptors
Adenosine
Caffeine
Long-term potentiation
Hippocampus
Synaptic plasticity
topic A2A receptors
Adenosine
Caffeine
Long-term potentiation
Hippocampus
Synaptic plasticity
description Copyright ©2012 IOS Press All rights reserved.
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