SCNS.01. Adenosine receptors and brain diseases: neuroprotection and neurodegeneration

SCNS.01. Adenosine receptors and brain diseases: neuroprotection and neurodegeneration

CUNHA, R.A.

Abstract:

Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug worldwide, but its potential beneficial effect for maintenance of proper brain functioning in adults has only recently begun to be adequately appreciated. Objectives: This has mainly resulted from the convergence of conclusions from epidemiological studies and from fundamental research in animal models: thus, epidemiological studies revealed an inverse association between the chronic consumptionof caffeine and cognitive decline associated with aging or with Alzheimer’s disease.

Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug worldwide, but its potential beneficial effect for maintenance of proper brain functioning in adults has only recently begun to be adequately appreciated. Objectives: This has mainly resulted from the convergence of conclusions from epidemiological studies and from fundamental research in animal models: thus, epidemiological studies revealed an inverse association between the chronic consumptionof caffeine and cognitive decline associated with aging or with Alzheimer’s disease.

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DOI: 10.5151/isnm-sine2

Como citar:

CUNHA, R.A.; "SCNS.01. Adenosine receptors and brain diseases: neuroprotection and neurodegeneration", p-6-6. In: In I International Symposium in Neuroscience Meeting, 2013 [Blucher Neuroscience Proceedings n.1 v.1]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2014.
ISSN 2357772x, DOI 10.5151/isnm-sine2