Platelet Taurine Concentration and Uptake in the Brattleboro Diabetes Insipidus Rat

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 203-210

  Nieminen, Marja Leena ^a   Tuomisto, Leena ^b   Solatunturi, Erkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brattleboro diabetes insipidus rat; Osmoregulation; Platelet; Taurine concentration; Taurine uptake

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRATTLEBORO RAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; RAT; THROMBOCYTE; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; KINETICS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; RATS, BRATTLEBORO; SODIUM; TAURINE; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0030204147     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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