Cholinergic transmission regulates many behavioural domains, ranging from motor activity
to cognition. Acetylcholine signalling is mediated by muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine …

The effects of caffeine, an antagonist of adenosine A 1 and A 2A receptors, are significantly
influenced by modifications in dopamine transmission. Administration of caffeine to …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the data implicating numerous neuro-transmitter
systems in the regulation of gene expression in the basal ganglia, with a major focus on the …

The indirect dopamine agonist amphetamine has been shown to induce a patchy pattern of
immediate early gene (IEG) expression in the rostral striatum of both pharmacologically …

It has been previously suggested that activation of adenosine A 1 receptor modulates
dopamine D 1 receptor binding in vitro, although the direct mechanism of this interaction in …

Caffeine is the most widely consumed of all psychoactive drugs. In doses that induce
behavioral stimulation it acts primarily on adenosine A2A and possibly A1 receptors. Actions …

During the last decades our knowledge about neuroendocrine control of energy balance
has increased tremendously. Numerous neuropeptides and hormones with pronounced …

Adenosine, which is formed by the purine base adenine and the ribose moiety, is present in
all tissues in the mammalian organism, where it has a variety of important physiological …

Considerable research has examined regulation of striatal gene expression by
neurotransmitters. A significant portion of this work has focused on unraveling interactions …

Publisher Summary This chapter explores that adenosine is a nucleoside composed of the
purine base adenine and ribose. Adenosine receptors affect basal ganglia (BG) functions is …