Adenosine A2A receptor facilitation of synaptic transmission in the CA1 area of the rat hippocampus requires protein kinase C but not protein kinase A activation
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Acknowledgements
We thank Schering AG for the gift of rolipram, Professor C.B. Duarte for lending bisindolylmaleimide I and Professor Silva Carvalho (Department Physiol, Fac. Medicine Lisbon) for animal house facilities. RAC is indebt to L.V. Lopes for carrying some of the experiments on A2A/A1 receptor interaction. Supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia.
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