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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2008 Aug 8;203(2):355–367. doi: 10.1007/s00213-008-1270-0

Table 2.

Summary of effects of different adenosinergic ligands on discriminative-stimulus effects of nicotine, methamphetamine, and cocaine (present study; Munzar et al. 2002; Justinova et al. 2003).

Adenosine agonists Adenosine antagonists
Discriminated Drug Effect A1 CPA A2A CGS 21680 A1 CPT A2A MSX-3 Non-selective Caffeine
No Caffeine Exposure in Drinking water
Nicotine Generalization None None Partial Partial Partial
Shift of DRC No shift No shift Left Left Left
Methamphetamine Generalization None None Partial Partial Partial
Shift of DRC No shift No shift Left Left Left
Cocaine Generalization None Partial Partial Partial Partial
Shift of DRC Left Left Left Left Left*
Chronic Caffeine Exposure in Drinking Water
Nicotine Generalization None None None
Shift of DRC No shift No shift No shift
Methamphetamine Generalization None Partial None
Shift of DRC No shift Left Left
Cocaine Generalization None Partial Partial
Shift of DRC No shift Left Left

DRC = Dose-response curve