Taurine increases rat survival and reduces striatal damage caused by 3-nitropropionic acid

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 55-67

  Rivas Arancibia, S ^a   Rodriguez A I ^a   Zigova, T ^a   Willing, A E ^a   Brown, W D ^a   Cahill, D W ^a   Sanberg, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

3 Nitropropionic acid; Antioxidant; Huntington's disease; Neurodegeneration; Oxidative stress; Taurine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034848432     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207450108986505     Document Type: Article

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