Effects of taurine and some structurally related analogues on the central mechanism of thermoregulation: A structure-activity relationship study

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 483, Issue , 2000, Pages 273-282

  Frosini, Maria ^a   Sesti, Casilde ^a   Saponara, Simona ^a   Donati, Alessandro ^a   Palmi, Mitri ^a   Valoti, Massimo ^a   Machetti, Fabrizio ^b   Sgaragli, Giampietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TAURINE;

EID: 0034584308     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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