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Published in final edited form as: Neuropharmacology. 2011 Feb 17;62(3):1527–1543. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.01.048

TABLE 1.

Effects of adenosinergic drugs on psychostimulant-induced hyperlocomotion: The full (IUPAC) names of the drugs are: APEC (2-[(2-aminoethylamino)carbonylethylphenylethylamino[-5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine), caffeine (1,3,7-trimethylxanthine), CGS21680 (2-(4-(2-carboxyethyl)phenylethylamino)adenosine-5'-N-ethylcarboxamideadenosine), CHA (N6-cyclohexyladenosine), CLA (2-chloroadenosine), CPA (N6-cyclopentyladenosine), CPT (8-cyclopentyltheophylline), CPX (8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine), CV-1808 (2-(phenylamino)adenosine), DPMA (N6-[2-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(2-methylphenyl)-ethyl]adenosine), DMPX (3,7-dimethyl-1-propargylxanthine), L-PIA (L-N6-phenylisopropyladenosine), NECA (5'-(N-ethylcarboxamido)-adenosine), R-PIA (R-N6-phenylisopropyladenosine), theophylline (1,3-dimethyl-7H-purine-2,6-dione). ↓ / ↑: attenuates / potentiates the drug-induced effect on locomotor activity; ↔ no effect

• Drug used to induced hyperlocomotion
Dopamine receptor agonists Adenosinergic action Drug Effect References
Amphetamine A1R agonist 2-CLA Heffner et al., 1989
CHA Heffner et al., 1989
Turgeon et al., 1996
CPA Heffner et al., 1989
Poleszak and Malec, 2002
PIA Heffner et al., 1989
A2AR agonist APEC #x2193; Turgeon et al., 1996
CGS 21680 #x2193; Popoli et al., 1994
Rimondin et al., 1997
Poleszak and Malec, 2002
Sills et al., 2001
A2R agonist CV-1808 #x2193; Heffner et al., 1989
A1R/A2R agonist NECA #x2193; Heffner et al., 1989
Shi et al., 1994
Poleszak and Malec, 2002
A2AR antagonist DMPX Poleszak and Malec, 2002
A1R/A2R antagonist Caffeine
Cocaine A1R agonist CPA #x2193; Poleszak and Malec, 2002
A2AR agonist CGS 21680 #x2193;
A1R/A2R agonist NECA #x2193; Shi et al., 1994
Poleszak and Malec, 2002
A1R antagonist CPT Poleszak and Malec, 2002
A2AR antagonist DMPX
A1R/A2R antagonist Caffeine
SKF38393 (D1R agonist) A1R agonist CPA #x2193; Ferré et al., 1994
A1R antagonist 8-CPT2 Popoli et al., 1996
Bromocriptine (D2R agonist) A1R agonist CPA Ferré et al., 1994
L-PIA #x2193; Ferré et al., 1991b
A1R/A2R agonist NECA #x2193; Ferré et al., 1991b
A1R/A2R antagonist Caffeine Ferré et al., 1991a
Theophylline
NMDAR channel blockers Adenosinergic action Drug Effect References
MK-801 A1R agonist CPA #x2193; Malec and Poleszak, 2006
Fraser et al., 1997
A2AR agonist CGS 21680 #x2193; Malec and Poleszak, 2006
DPMA #x2193; Fraser et al., 1997
A1/A2R agonist NECA #x2193; Malec and Poleszak, 2006
A1R antagonist CPT
A2AR antagonist DPMX Malec and Poleszak, 2006
A1R/A2AR antagonist Caffeine Kuribara et al., 1992
#x2193; de Oliveira et al., 2005
#x2193; Dall'lgna et al., 2003
Theophylline Malec and Poleszak, 2006
PCP A1R agonist CPA #x2193; Gotoh et al., 2002
A2AR agonist CGS 21680 #x2193; Rimondini etal., 1997
Ketamine A1R antagonist DPCPX Mandryk et al., 2005
A2AR antagonist DMPX
A1R/A2R antagonist Caffeine