Taurine depletion reduces the neuroprotective effects of electroacupuncture against brain ischemia

Chinese Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-35

  Xia, Yan ^a   Guo, Jing Chun ^a   Zhao, Peng ^a   Cheng, Jie Shi ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alanine; Brain ischemia; Capillary electrophoresis with electrochemical detection (CE ED); Electroacupuncture; Taurine

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPLETION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0037246140     PISSN: 10080872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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