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“ Adenosine seems to interact with other neurotransmitter systems and with some substances like alcohol , which elevate the basal levels of adenosine.”
Alcohol health and research world • 1997 | View Paper
“A schematic summary of our findings is: Etoh-->decreases Ado uptake-->increases Extracellular Ado-->Activation of Adenosine A2 receptor-->increases cAMP-->increases PKA-->-->-->Heterologous Desensitization (decreases cAMP)-->-->-->insensitivity of adenosine uptake to ETOH ”
“Several laboratories have demonstrated the importance of adenosine in mediating the acute and chronic effects of ethanol at multiple levels of investigation in the nervous system.”
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology • 1988 | View Paper
“The ability of adenosine to modify the CNS effects of acute and chronic ethanol was studied by using theophylline, an adenosine antagonist, and dipyridamole, a blocker of adenosine reuptake.”
“The marked changes in adenosine binding characteristics as … as the modification of some CNS effects of ethanol by drugs which influence either adenosine binding to its receptor or the availability of adenosine suggests that adenosine may be involved in the expression of some of the CNS effects of ethanol.”