Volume-activated taurine efflux from the in situ perfused lactating rat mammary gland

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-105

  Calvert, D T ^a   Shennan, D B ^a  

^a HANNAH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mammary glands; Taurine; Volume sensitive transport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CELL; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAURINE;

EID: 0031963931     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1998.0267f.x     Document Type: Article

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