Sentences with phrase «accumulation of adenosine»

Caffeine is an adenosine antagonist, and the accumulation of adenosine in the brain throughout the day is thought to be a chemical mediator of sleep pressure.

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The presence of synthetic ovine corticotropin - releasing factor leads to a rapid and marked stimulation of adenosine 3», 5» - monophosphate accumulation in an enriched population of rat pituitary corticotrophs in primary culture.
This study investigated the influence of chronically administered curcumin on normal ageing - related parameters: lipid peroxidation, lipofuscin concentration and intraneuronal lipofuscin accumulation, activities of the enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and Na (+), K (+), - adenosine triphosphatase (Na (+), K (+), - ATPase) in different brain regions (cerebral cortex, hippocampus, cerebellum and medulla) of 6 - and 24 - month - old rats.
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