To evaluate if endogenous extracellular adenosine influences sodium channel activity in nerve terminals, we investigated how manipulations of extracellular adenosine levels influence 22Na uptake by rat brain synaptosomes stimulated with veratridine (VT). To decrease extracellular adenosine levels, adenosine deaminase (ADA) that converts adenosine into an inactive metabolite was used. To increase extracellular a...
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