Saturable disposition of taurine in the rat cerebrospinal fluid

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 676-682

  Chung, Suk Jae ^a   Ramanathan, Vikram K ^a   Brett, Claire M ^b   Giacomini, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; CHOROID PLEXUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAURINE;

EID: 0030088094     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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