“…In recent years the behavioural actions of adenosine and its metabolically stable derivatives have been studied in increasing detail. As well as having sedative, hypothermic, antinociceptive, and muscle relaxant properties, several of these compounds have relatively potent anticonvulsant actions in rodents (Maitre et al, 1974;Baird-Lambert et al, 1980;Snyder et al, 1981 ;Yarbrough and McGuffin-Clineschmidt, 1981;Dunwiddie and Worth, 1982).…”