Mode of action of taurine and regulation dynamics of its synthesis in the CNS

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 483, Issue , 2000, Pages 35-44

  Wu, Jang Yen ^a,c   Chen, Weiqing ^a   Tang, Xiao Wen ^a   Jin, Hong ^a   Foos, Todd ^a   Schloss, John V ^b   Davis, Kathleen ^a   Faiman, Morris D ^a   Hsu, Che Chang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; SODIUM; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOSOL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOSOL; HUMANS; SODIUM; TAURINE;

EID: 0034585070     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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