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A variety of effects of adenosine and its related nucleotides have been reported and a possible physiological role for purines as a neurotransmitter or neuromodulator has been postulated in central and peripheral nervous system (Phillis and Wu, 1981; Stone, 1981; Burnstock, 1981).
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Akasu, T., Shinnick-Gallagher, P., Gallagher, J.P. (1985). Actions of Purines in Autonomic Ganglia. In: Stone, T.W. (eds) Purines. Satellite Symposia of the IUPHAR 9th International Congress of Pharmacology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07564-5_6
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