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THE ROLE OF ADENOSINE IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
The Role of Adenosine in the Nervous SystemProceedings of the International Symposium on Adenosine in the Nervous System, Kobe, Japan, 13-16 July 1996

Edited by
Y. Okada, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe 650, Japan

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International Congress, 1140

Description
On the basis of significant advances in the molecular, cellular and behavioural fields in the past decade, there has been a great increase in our knowledge of the biological action of adenosine and its related compounds in the nervous system.

These proceedings survey the expansion of ideas and development of potential applications and bring together the up-to-date knowledge and in-depth understanding of adenosine, a highly significant neuromodulator. The objectives of the symposium were not "encyclopedic", but rather "catalytic". Various fields of research from molecular biology to clinical therapeutics including several topics on the extraneuronal action of adenosine are covered.

Contents


Part I. Reviews of Current Topics.
New nomenclature for adenosine and P2 receptors (B.B. Fredholm). Adenosine and neurotransmitter release: inhibition and facilitation (J.A. Ribeiro et al.). Excitatory effects of adenosine on neurotransmission in the central nervous system (Y. Okada, H. Hirai). Adenosine in cerebral ishemic injury: both friend and foe (J.W. Phillis). Adenosine A2A receptors and the actions of caffeine (B.B. Fredholm et al.).

Part II. Recent Advances in the Adenosine Study. 1. Adenosine action on different regions in the nervous system.
Adenosine plays a key role on neuromuscular transmission to adjust the modulatory pattern (cholinergic vs peptideric) to the conditions of motor nerve stimulation (P. Correia-de-Sá, M.A. Timótao, J.A. Ribeiro). Cyclic AMP-dependent and independent mechanisms for presynaptic modulation of GABAergic transmission in the cerebellar cortex (S. Konishi, H. Mitoma). Inhibitory effect of adenosine agonists and propentofylline on the proliferation and transformation of cultured microglia (Y. Nakamura et al.). A slow depolarizing response induced by ATP in the neurons of bullfrog sympathetic ganglia (K. Somei et al.). Activation of adenosine A1 and A2 receptors differentially modulates acetylcholine release from electric organ synaptosomes of Japanese electric ray Narke japonica (Y. Kirino et al.).

2. Studies in hippocampus.
Endogenous adenosine attenuates long-term depression in the hippocampus (A. de Mendonça, J.A. Ribeiro). The roles of endogenous adenosine, acting via A1 and A2 receptors, in the induction and reversal of long-term potentiation in guinea pig hippocampal slices CA1 neurons (S. Fujii et al.). Release of ATP and adenosine and formation of extracellular adenosine in hippocampus (R.A. Cunha). Adenosine activates the K+ channel and enhances cytosolic Ca2+ release via a P2Y purinoceptor in hippocampal neurons (T. Nishizaki et al.). PIA, an adenosine A1 receptor agonist, reduces high K+-evoked GABA release from in vivo rat hippocampus (J. Hada et al.). Role of adenosine upon high K+-evoked spreading depression and glutamate release from in vivo rat hippocampus (T. Kaku et al.). Modulation of the transsynaptic response in human hippocampus by adenosine (K. Kato). Chloroadenosine- and nitric oxide-mediated hippocampal neurotoxicity in vitro (D. Janigro et al.). Adenosine A1 receptors in CA2 region are involved in inhibitory modulation of signal transmission from CA1 to CA3 in rat hippocampal slices (Y. Sekino, T. Ochiishi, K. Obata).

3. Adenosine receptors, transporters and metabolism.
Functional negative interaction between adenosine (A1) and GABA (GABAA) during hypoxia in the rat hippocampus (A.M. Sebastião et al.). PET imaging of adenosine A1 receptor in anesthetized monkey brain (S. Wakabayahi et al.). Typical and 'atypical' adenosine A2A receptors in CNS (R.A. Cunha). In vivo evaluation of [11C]F17837, a selective adenosine A2a antagonist for mapping of CNS adenosine A2a receptor (J. Noguchi et al.). Evidence that A2A-adenosine receptors in the rostral basal forebrain are involved in the regulation of sleep (S. Satoh et al.). Functions of adenosine A2A receptors in striatum (Y. Kuwana et al.). Characterization of P3 purinoceptor-like protein purified from rat brain membranes (Y. Saitoh, H. Nakata). Sodium-dependent nucleoside transporters in rat brain (F.E. Parkinson, S.L. Borgland, C.M. Anderson). Cell initiated regulation of adenylyl cyclases via adenine 3'-nucleotides (R.A. Johnson, I. Shoshani, L. Desaubry).

Possibilities for clinical applications.
Anti-apoptotic impact of adenosine and its nucleotides on the cultured rat cerebellar granule neurons (H. Amino, H. Saito, N. Nishiyama). Microdialysis of neocortical adenosine purines during normovolemic hemodilution and systemic hypoxemia in swine (P.D. Mongan et al.). Prevention of development of dependence to morphine by using cyclic AMP-related compounds in mice (T. Nabeshima et al.). Is adenosine a mediator of vasodilation in brain blood flow autoregulation of the lamb? (J.T. O'Neill, R. Bünger). Adenosine and sleep apnea (D. Carley, M. Radulovacki). Adenosine A2 receptor occupancy promotes fibroblast and endothelial cell migration and wound healing (M.C. Montesinos et al.). A selective adenosine kinase inhibitor GP3269, as a novel approach to anticonvulsant therapy (J.B. Wiesner et al.).

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Hardbound, 290 pages, publication date: OCT-1997
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-82643-5
ISBN-10: 0-444-82643-2
Imprint: EXCERPTA MEDICA
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