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. 2020 Aug 7;10:13414. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69660-1

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Effects of caffeine (15 mg/kg, i.p.) in wild type and forebrain A2AR KO mice on motor behavior (A), ergospirometry (BE), and thermoregulation (F, G) of male mice. (A) Caffeine displayed a psychostimulant effect in the open field in wild type mice, but not in forebrain-A2AR KO mice. Ergospirometry increased V̇O2 (B), running power (B), and metabolic rate (E) until the animals reached fatigue. The dotted line represents the V̇O2max of the wild type-saline group (B). Caffeine increased V̇O2max (C) and running power (D) of wild type, but not forebrain A2AR KO mice. Resting core (F) and tail (G) temperature and tail heating (G') were similar between groups. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. N = 8–9 animals/group for 12 independent experiments. *P < 0.05 vs. saline and #P < 0.05 vs. caffeine (Two-way ANOVA followed by Newman-Keuls post hoc test). A2AR adenosine A2A receptor, fb forebrain, KO knockout, Rec recovery, RER respiratory exchange ratio. V̇O2 oxygen consumption.