Taurine prevents ammonia-induced accumulation of cyclic GMP in rat striatum by interaction with GABAA and glycine receptors

Brain Research

Volumn 1043, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 242-246

  Hilgier, Wojciech ^a   Oja, Simo S ^b,c   Saransaari, Pirjo ^b   Albrecht, Jan ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cyclic GMP; GABAA receptor; Glycine receptor; Striatum; Taurine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMMONIA; BICUCULLINE; CYCLIC GMP; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MUSCIMOL; PICROTOXIN; TAURINE;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG INFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 18044398745     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.02.066     Document Type: Article

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