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Adenosine and ATP

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Neurotransmitter Actions in the Vertebrate Nervous System

Abstract

Previous chapters in this volume have dealt with substances whose roles as signal molecules are well established. Purines, on the other hand, are well known, not as signal molecules, but as elements of genetic material and molecules fundamental to the processes of energy metabolism. Only recently has it become generally acknowledged that purines could also function to carry out, or at least modulate, communication between excitable cells.

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McAfee, D.A., Henon, B.K. (1985). Adenosine and ATP. In: Rogawski, M.A., Barker, J.L. (eds) Neurotransmitter Actions in the Vertebrate Nervous System. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4961-7_17

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