This review reports a chronologically complete examination of the lite
rature concerning the 1,2,3-triazolo[4,5-d]pyridazines till 1996. This
class of heterocyclic compounds had been sufficiently studied from a
chemical and physico-chemical point of view, whilst their biological a
nd/or pharmacological properties were very little known. Recent studie
s have shown a high affinity and selectivity toward the adenosine Al r
eceptorial subtype of some 1-benzyl- and 4-aminosubstituted-1,2,3-tria
zolo[4,5-d]pyridazine derivatives.