Abstract:The effects of long-lasting high concentration coffee and caffeine diets on calcium mobilization in rat hippocampal neurons were studied. Changes in the basal calcium level in the hippocampal neurons of control and experimental rats kept on a coffee or caffeine diet were measured. We also recorded the changes in the Ca2+ transients’ amplitude evoked by membrane depolarization or emptying the Ca2+ depot of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) induced by caffeine activator of the ryanodine receptors. In rats on a coff… Show more
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