Content and Concentration of Taurine, Hypotaurine, and Zinc in the Retina, the Hippocampus, and the Dentate Gyrus of the Rat at Various Postnatal Days

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 247-255

  Lima, L ^a   Obregon F ^a   Rousso T ^a   Quintal, M ^a   Benzo, Z ^a   Auladell, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Development; Hippocampus; Hypotaurine; Retina; Taurine; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HYPOTAURINE; TAURINE; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RETINA;

ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; TAURINE; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0842279573     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NERE.0000010453.96832.97     Document Type: Article

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