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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 25.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacopsychoecologia. 1994;7(2):201–213.

Table 1.

Effect of chronic caffeine ingestion on receptors and ion channels in brain membrance from male NIH Swiss Strain mice.

Receptor (Ligand) Bmax (fmol/mg protein)
Control Chronic
Caffeine
A1-Adenosine
 (CHA) 911 ± 23 1089 ± 39**
 (CHA, striatum) 688 ± 14 767 ± 28**
A2A-Adenosine
 (CGS 21680, striatum) 872 ±57 884 ± 44
α1-Adrenergic
 (Cionidinc) 175 ± 7 189 ± 12
α2-Adrenergic
 (Prazosin) 200± 3 193 ± 2
β1-Adrenergic
 (DHA) 224± 9 167 ± 5*
β1-Adrenergic
 (DHA, cerebellum) 158 ± 12 115 ± 11*
D1-Dopamine
 (SCH 23390, striatum) 3097 ± 81 3165 ± 66
D2-Dopamine
 (Spipcrone, striatum) 729 ± 21 725 ±55
5-HT1
 (Serotonin) 361 ± 14 474 ± 48**
5-HT2
 (Ketanserin) 275 ± 11 347 ±11*
Nicotinic
 (Nicotine) 34 ± 2 50 ± 3*
 (Nicotine, striatum) 37 ± 1 39 ± 2
Muscarinic
 (Quinuclidinyl benzilate) 1153 ±56 1509 ± 47**
NMDA
 (MK-801) 2653 ± 97 2588 ± 46
GABAA
 (Diazepam) 1061 ± 69 1741 ± 100*
Opioid
 mu (DAMGO) 119 ± 6 134 ± 5
 delta (DPDPE) 83 ±2 104 ± 7**
 kappa (U69593) 339 ± 65 230± 48
Sigma
 (DTG) 2580± 90 2560± 170
Ca2+ Channel
 (Nitredinine} 314 ± 6 369 ± 12**

Binding of radioligands to conical membranccs or as noted to cerebellar or striatal mcmbr.ances from control mice and chronic caffeine mice. Values for Bmax are means ± S.E.M. (Shi et al., 1993, 1994).

*

p<0.01

**

p<0.05.

no significant change when assayed with [3H] raclopride.