Stone T W
Br J Pharmacol. 1981 Jul;73(3):787-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1981.tb16816.x.
1 Adenosine and morphine both produced an inhibition of the electrically-evoked twitch of the isolated superfused vas deferens of the mouse. 2 Theophylline, 10 or 100 muM, reduced the inhibitory action of adenosine but did not change inhibition by morphine. 3 It is suggested that adenosine release is not a necessary prerequisite for morphine inhibition of transmitter release. It is also suggested that the involvement of adenosine may follow activation only by opiate mu-receptors.