Caffeine and adenosine

JA Ribeiro, AM Sebastiao - Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2010 - content.iospress.com
Caffeine causes most of its biological effects via antagonizing all types of adenosine
receptors (ARs): A1, A2A, A3, and A2B and, as does adenosine, exerts effects on neurons …

The role of adenosine in Alzheimer's disease

A Rahman - Current neuropharmacology, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system
manifested by cognitive and memory deterioration, a variety of neuropsychiatric symptoms …

Using caffeine and other adenosine receptor antagonists and agonists as therapeutic tools against neurodegenerative diseases: a review

M Rivera-Oliver, M Díaz-Ríos - Life sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
Caffeine is the most consumed pychostimulant in the world, and it is known to affect basic
and fundamental human processes such as sleep, arousal, cognition and learning and …

Impacts of methylxanthines and adenosine receptors on neurodegeneration: human and experimental studies

BB Fredholm, JF Chen, Y Chern - Methylxanthines, 2011 - Springer
Neurodegenerative disorders are some of the most feared illnesses in modern society, with
no effective treatments to slow or halt this neurodegeneration. Several decades after the …

Caffeine, adenosine receptors, and synaptic plasticity

AR Costenla, RA Cunha… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2010 - content.iospress.com
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 …

Caffeine consumption prevents memory impairment, neuronal damage, and adenosine A 2A receptors upregulation in the hippocampus of a rat model of sporadic …

J Espinosa, A Rocha, F Nunes… - Journal of …, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Abstract Intracerebroventricular (icv) streptozotocin (STZ) administration induces
pathological and behavioral alterations similar to those observed in Alzheimer's disease …

Neuroprotection by caffeine and adenosine A2A receptor blockade of β‐amyloid neurotoxicity

OP Dall'lgna, LO Porciúncula, DO Souza… - British journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Adenosine is a neuromodulator in the nervous system and it has recently been observed
that pharmacological blockade or gene disruption of adenosine A2A receptors confers …

Neuroprotective effect of caffeine in Alzheimer's disease

YM M Yelanchezian, HJ Waldvogel, RLM Faull… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, predicted to be the most
significant health burden of the 21st century, with an estimated 131.5 million dementia …

Chronic caffeine consumption prevents memory disturbance in different animal models of memory decline

RA Cunha, PM Agostinho - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2010 - content.iospress.com
Caffeine, the most widely consumed psychoactive drug, enhances attention/vigilance,
stabilizes mood, and might also independently enhance cognitive performance. Notably …

Caffeine and adenosine A2a receptor antagonists prevent β-amyloid (25–35)-induced cognitive deficits in mice

OP Dall'Igna, P Fett, MW Gomes, DO Souza… - Experimental …, 2007 - Elsevier
Consumption of caffeine, an adenosine receptor antagonist, was found to be inversely
associated with the incidence of Alzheimer's disease. Moreover, caffeine protects cultured …