In vivo release of taurine from rat neostriatum and substantia nigra

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 403, Issue , 1996, Pages 427-433

  Bianchi, Loria ^a   Bolam, John P ^b   Galeffi, Francesca ^a   Frosini, Maria ^c   Palmi, Mitri ^c   Sgaragli, Gianpietro ^c   Della Corte, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b MRC Anat Neuropharmacology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN SLICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029965647     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0182-8_46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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