Dose and Time Effects of Caffeine Intake on Human Platelet Adenosine A2A Receptors: Functional and Biochemical Aspects

K Varani, F Portaluppi, S Gessi, S Merighi, E Ongini… - Circulation, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—We determined whether repeated caffeine administration at different dosages
and for different periods of time (400 or 600 mg/d for 1 week or 400 mg/d for 2 weeks) …

Sensitivity to cognitive effort mediates psychostimulant effects on a novel rodent cost/benefit decision-making task

PJ Cocker, JG Hosking, J Benoit… - …, 2012 - nature.com
Amotivational states and insufficient recruitment of mental effort have been observed in a
variety of clinical populations, including depression, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges for inhaled drug discovery and development: Induced alveolar macrophage responses

B Forbes, R O'Lone, PP Allen, A Cahn, C Clarke… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2014 - Elsevier
Alveolar macrophage (AM) responses are commonly induced in inhalation toxicology
studies, typically being observed as an increase in number or a vacuolated …

Interrogating the spatiotemporal landscape of neuromodulatory GPCR signaling by real-time imaging of cAMP in intact neurons and circuits

BS Muntean, S Zucca, CM MacMullen, MT Dao… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Modulation of neuronal circuits is key to information processing in the brain. The majority of
neuromodulators exert their effects by activating G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that …

Region‐dependent difference in the sleep‐promoting potency of an adenosine A2A receptor agonist

S Satoh, H Matsumura, N Koike… - European Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The present study has demonstrated that the sleep‐promoting potency of 2‐[p‐(2‐
carboxyethyl) phenethylamino]‐5′‐N‐ethylcarboxamido adenosine (CGS21680), a …

Caffeine: Well-known as psychotropic substance, but little as immunomodulator

T Al Reef, E Ghanem - Immunobiology, 2018 - Elsevier
To date, numerable reviews are found in the literature prominent to the effect of caffeine on
the immune system, with the latest review published in 2006. Database screening reveals …

Reciprocal interactions between adenosine A2A and dopamine D2 receptors in Chinese hamster ovary cells co-transfected with the two receptors

B Kull, S Ferré, G Arslan, P Svenningsson… - Biochemical …, 1999 - Elsevier
Human adenosine A2A and rat dopamine D2 receptors (A2A and D2 receptors) were co-
transfected in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells to study the interactions between two …

Caffeine has different immunomodulatory effect on the cytokine expression and NLRP3 inflammasome function in various human macrophage subpopulations

EG Kovács, A Alatshan, MM Budai, Z Czimmerer… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Besides its well-known psychoactive effects, caffeine has a broad range of actions. It
regulates several physiological mechanisms as well as modulates both native and adaptive …

Adenosine A2A receptor antagonism potentiates L-DOPA-induced turning behaviour and c-fos expression in 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats

S Fenu, A Pinna, E Ongini, M Morelli - European journal of pharmacology, 1997 - Elsevier
In order to investigate the role of adenosine A2A receptor blockade on dopamine-mediated
motor responses, contralateral turning behaviour and expression of the early-gene c-fos was …

Design, Radiosynthesis, and Biodistribution of a New Potent and Selective Ligand for in Vivo Imaging of the Adenosine A2A Receptor System Using Positron …

S Todde, RM Moresco, P Simonelli… - Journal of medicinal …, 2000 - ACS Publications
Design, Radiosynthesis, and Biodistribution of a New Potent and Selective Ligand for in Vivo
Imaging of the Adenosine A2A Receptor System Using Positron Emission Tomography …