A specific taurine recognition site in the rabbit brain is responsible for taurine effects on thermoregulation

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 487-494

  Frosini, Maria ^a   Sesti, Casilde ^c   Saponara, Simona ^a   Ricci, Lorenzo ^a   Valoti, Massimo ^a   Palmi, Mitri ^a   Machetti, Fabrizio ^b   Sgaragli, Giampietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Taurine; Taurine agonist; Taurine antagonist; Taurine binding site; Taurine derivatives; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOCYCLOHEXANESULFONIC ACID; 2 AMINOETHYLARSONIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6 AMINOMETHYL 3 METHYL 4H 1,2,4 BENZOTHIADIAZINE 1,1 DIOXIDE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; ISETHIONIC ACID; TAURINE; TAURINE DERIVATIVE; TAURINE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0038678664     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705274     Document Type: Article

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