Taurine counteracts cell swelling in rat cerebrocortical slices exposed to ammonia in vitro and in vivo

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 526, Issue , 2003, Pages 123-129

  Law, R O ^a   Zielinska, M ^b   Albrecht, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NEUROTOXIN; TAURINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SLICE; CELL SWELLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; RAT;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; RATS; TAURINE;

EID: 1542673293     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0077-3_16     Document Type: Article

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